Tim Bouma

This is the eventual form factor I want for #nostr #safebox…

New frontiers here, folks! #ecash…

One of the greatest contributors to literature in the 20th century was the ballpoint pen. Still early in the 21st century, but my bet is that the smartphone (not the Google/Apple versions) will be one of the greatest contributors to individual freedom. If you read about the innovation of…

“Speed produces division of functions”…

If I were to draw a parallel: the #nostr conception of a signed event is a fundamental innovation that can flatten the existing digital infrastructures that are build on capture and exclusion. The phonetic alphabet- easy to learn within hours, provides infinite possibilities of expression. Similarly, signed events with kinds…

Reading Marshall McLuhan - floored by the insight that the invention of the phonetic alphabet was the cultural and technological steamroller for Western Civilization- flattening everything in its way, amplified by the wheel, papyrus, and eventually, electricity.…

War is business by other means.…

"Tribal cultures cannot entertain the possibility of the individual or of the separate citizen" Marshall McLuhan…

I will need to grok this.…

This is the way.…

Security is all about making your stuff look like useless random junk.…

Almost as good as being there! An excellent presentation on NIP-60/61 by @calvadev⚡️ Thanks for the shoutout on #nostr #safebox!…

If you want to chase away the devil, sweat the details.…

Publishing events > Issuing credentials…

Wow. Homebrew Computer Club in the making.…