Tim Bouma | Independent Thinker | Pug Owner | Published Author | #SovEng Alum | #Cashu OG | #OpenSats Grantee https://tim-bouma.npub.pro/ 3000 posts
nostr This book as dense as hell and near the limits of my reading comprehension, but damn it's good! It was written in the late 60s and early 70s by German philosopher Niklas Luhmann and only published in English in 2017. I feel this book was written for #nostr Tim Bouma Aug 14, 2024, 11:05 AM
My latest early morning read Ben, the npug & me. In search of a founder’s formula for a long and useful life. By Eric Weiner… Tim Bouma Aug 14, 2024, 10:45 AM
nostr I’ve proven to myself that a #nostr wallet can exist across time and space, independently of any one app, server or custodian. The only thing which controls the ‘wallet’ is the generation and control of an #nsec which is free to exist within or flee any jurisdiction. In my… Tim Bouma Aug 14, 2024, 10:27 AM
nostr It's wild. I just proved I can build #nostr 'wallet' where I can store the encrypted tokens in a Germany relay and make the lightning payment out of a Singapore mint. All using a #nsec that never leaves my machine.… Tim Bouma Aug 13, 2024, 6:34 PM
nostr I am thinking about coining the term “nsac” to refer to a wallet-like thing that can exist on #nostr holding your valuable things, such as ecash tokens. I have already implemented a prototype #cashu ecash wallet which looks to be promising. So you would have: #npub - your identity #nsec… Tim Bouma Aug 13, 2024, 5:29 PM
bitcoin The next best thing to having UTXOs on #bitcoin is storing your nuts on #nostr… Tim Bouma Aug 13, 2024, 5:05 PM
I just created a Python 'safebox' component where it can connect to any relay for proof storage and any mint for issuing/redeeming tokens. The safebox can receive funds via the mint and send funds to any lightning address. The only thing 'local' for the safebox Tim Bouma Aug 13, 2024, 4:38 PM
I can't say enough good things about silent.link I have it on my secondary phone and spend in the single dollars per month for data at no obligation. It made me realize how much we get ripped off by the domestic telcos.… Tim Bouma Aug 13, 2024, 4:14 PM
Madeira This was the funniest find when I was in #Madeira. Doesn't quite translate well for an English #nostr speaker #controlretard… Tim Bouma Aug 10, 2024, 10:32 PM
nostr Long ago, banks became an extension of the state. Now social media platforms are an extension of the state. I'm not saying that this is good or bad, just that there needs to be an alternative like #nostr… Tim Bouma Aug 10, 2024, 4:14 PM
