Tim Bouma

Tim Bouma

| Independent Thinker | Pug Owner | Published Author | #SovEng Alum | #Cashu OG | #OpenSats Grantee

https://tim-bouma.npub.pro/ 3000 posts

Time is too precious. I don’t want to spend my time seeking permission or building unnecessary parts. That’s why I am on #nostr…

Tim Bouma

Aug 16, 2024, 2:00 PM

FWIW, I wrote this draft paper…

FWIW, I wrote this draft paper over a year ago, but never bothered to publish it. So might as well post for the first time here. The paper makes the case to add an eighth defined constant to the international system of units - the Nakamoto Constant ———— Nakamoto Constant - the 8th…

Tim Bouma

Aug 16, 2024, 12:38 PM

The mechanical engineer in me loves these types of reductive ratios: Au/sat…

Tim Bouma

Aug 16, 2024, 12:30 PM

It’s a subtle shift in understanding, but once you realize this, you can’t go back.…

Tim Bouma

Aug 16, 2024, 12:14 PM

The latest academic paper on “personhood credentials” - a purported solution to solve the problem of deep fakes, AI bots, authenticity, etc., on the internet. My questions are: who gets to issue the personhood credentials? Why can you only have one? Who enforces this. My take is that there is still…

Tim Bouma

Aug 16, 2024, 12:09 PM

Tim Bouma

Aug 16, 2024, 11:21 AM

KFC is preferable to KYC+NFC…

Tim Bouma

Aug 15, 2024, 7:00 PM

Be your own backup plan. Use #nostr…

Tim Bouma

Aug 15, 2024, 5:28 PM

This is a great visualization of #nostr npubs in action…

Tim Bouma

Aug 15, 2024, 3:54 PM

Hear this! Wallets are becoming part of the overall #nostr network.…

Tim Bouma

Aug 15, 2024, 1:59 PM

A 'wallet' is not an 'app' to be regulated, it's an abstract concept. Psst! Keep this a secret while the EU regulates to death every app that looks like a wallet. Let's just keep theses 'wallets' in the #nostr network

Tim Bouma

Aug 15, 2024, 1:52 PM

Coming soon!

Coming soon! #nostr Safebox A Python implementation of #nsac (or nutsack) a concept invented by @PABLOF7z (NIP-60+61). A #nsac is a ‘wallet’ that exists as encrypted events across relays, only accessible by the corresponding #nsec. It uses redundant providers, relays,mints and blossom servers in a way that…

Tim Bouma

Aug 15, 2024, 11:25 AM

With #nostr, the wallet is the network. #nostoppingthistrain…

Tim Bouma

Aug 14, 2024, 6:43 PM

This is the way.…

Tim Bouma

Aug 14, 2024, 5:06 PM

I love this idea of using ecash as message stamps. This idea has huge potential for drawing value into the digital ecosystem versus the more scary idea of using ecash as an alternative currency. Remember, proof of work was invented by Cynthia Dwork in 1993 to fight spam and used…

Tim Bouma

Aug 14, 2024, 4:31 PM

Ultimately, all prices will be measured in sat/joule or, in English prose terms: <subjective value> divided by <proof of work>.…

Tim Bouma

Aug 14, 2024, 2:23 PM

Algos for sale to do what you need is a way better idea than having your data rented out to an algo.…

Tim Bouma

Aug 14, 2024, 12:52 PM

I like this simple mental model for #nostr: #npub is your #nostr public key #nsec is your #nostr private key #nsac is your #nostr private wallet The last one, #nsac, the kernel of the idea is taken from NIP-60/60 by @PABLOF7z , but can be generalized to hold more…

Tim Bouma

Aug 14, 2024, 12:49 PM

If you realize that #nostr today is like the early days of refrigeration and air conditioning then you'll be in it for the long haul.…

Tim Bouma

Aug 14, 2024, 11:14 AM

Get me one one these with #nostr printed on the brim...…

Tim Bouma

Aug 14, 2024, 11:10 AM