More people using Bitcoin is good. People should strive to use Bitcoin non-custodially. Not mutually exclusive statements.
👏 #[0]​ for being first to bring LNC functionality into a Nostr client, think that’s a game changer for non-custodial usage 🙏🏼
Schrödinger’s relays… Sometimes on Damus, the notes don’t load and I see 2/13 in the upper right corner indicating active relays. But, when I click through to the relay page, most of them appear online and then I jump to 10/13 or something. Rinse, repeat.
lol man.. this is so fun ⚡️ who knows where it goes? but, this moment of just enjoying a new technology is so special 💜
Twitter was planning to add Lightning integration per tweet. Then, #[0]​ left and they didn’t… Along came Nostr + Zaps 👀 permissionless innovation for the win😤
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My favorite analogy for Lightning Loop is that it’s a Brinks cash truck for Lightning businesses. A business fills up on Lightning payments and needs the truck to bring those sats to a safer, on-chain layer. As an added benefit, you replenish your inbound in the process.
Attention Node Running Nostriches: Did you know that with Lightning Pool you can generate non-custodial yield on your Bitcoin? Just this week alone, in the 2 week lease duration market: - Sellers earned 168,888 sats 🤑 - 26.07% median APR 📈 - 54.20m sats of inbound sold Hop in the Pool! Water's warm. 🌊
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