Tim Bouma

Yeesh…

Bitcoin is M0 Lightning is M0+ Ecash is M1…

Gonna need a longer walk….…

This was my first real world purchase using #nostr #safebox. Thanks to @isolabell.art 🎨 for being such a gracious merchant for an experimental payment system. The whole transaction was conducted via #Amethyst NIP-17 DMs and payment made via #Nostr #Safebox…

Zero Trust Zaps…

Finternet…

I think we have enough to propose an update to RFC 8141 URNs Anything to the left of the '@' refers to a device/bot/agent operating on behalf of a real entity specified on the right side of the '@' e.g. myphone@trbouma.bsky.social If

BlueSky, and there is Beckn protocol, too.…

WANT…

The march to micropayments is inevitable. Glad to see this with @ZEUS !…

Wow. This looks like our drive home along the Ottawa River last night. Photos don't capture the essence, but these paintings do.…

I just got safebox recover working (not yet ready for user testing yet). I can create a safebox on any machine (my macbook, for example) - find the recovery phrase and go to any other machine, a linux vps that have the safebox binarie and type, for example ./safebox recover "

I am looking to attend an in-person #nostr conference in 2025, hopefully as a presenter as well on my project #nostr #safebox. Any suggestions? #asknostr…

Maybe a book title: ‘Nostr is the New Normal’…

I actually have open, honest and productive conversations on #nostr because no one is playing to an algorithm or wanting to be top dog on the platform (because there is no platform). I am also falling into my old habit of blog first, revise later. For those who care, I…

A reminder that LinkedIn is the logical conclusion of something you use, but are not supposed to complain about.…

The most interesting part of this article is the RFC 8141 non-compliant URN. E.g., my handle is @trbouma.bsky.social versus what would be rfc compliant trbouma@bsky.social The definition of 'decentralized' is pretty loose. The platform as I can see if centralized, but you

Once again, Cory Doctoriw has the right idea about rights. Related to this, I saw a particularly frightening article that the Crown (as we like to call government here in Canada) might not be able to back your privacy rights, because they weren't nice when negotiating treaties, and