nostr Almost pretty good. I like the simplicity of graphics, but ChatGPT kinda lost it at the bottom. #nostr #safebox… Tim Bouma Jun 27, 2025, 3:32 AM
nostr India is absolutely killing it in terms of building an inclusive payment infrastructure for 1.2B people. I hope they learn about #nostr… Tim Bouma Jun 26, 2025, 3:48 PM
nostr With #nostr #safebox, I now see the possibility of a decentralized secure alternative to a passport. A passport is nothing special - it is simply a third-party attestation by a nation-state upheld by treaties. As the ‘rules-based order’ continues to disintegrate, we need to prepare ourselves for the… Tim Bouma Jun 26, 2025, 11:43 AM
nostr Hearing about the arrests in Iran for having anything non-pro government on your phone has gotten me to believe in the imperative that you might need to ditch your phone at a moment’s notice. The idea in the ad below, is that the woman’s pendant is actually… Tim Bouma Jun 25, 2025, 11:42 PM
nostr Just putting this out there… I’ve convinced myself that it is possible to create a decentralized payment and credential network that can be independent of platforms, using the bitcoin, ecash, nostr protocols. I also believe it’s secure or can be more secure than the existing payment networks because… Tim Bouma Jun 25, 2025, 5:48 PM
nostr Here is the #nostr #safebox issuer requesting the record via the NFC card.… Tim Bouma Jun 25, 2025, 12:03 PM
nostr A short #nostr #safebox demo illustrating issuing a credential to an offline NFC card and then showing the resulting credential in the linked wallet.… Tim Bouma Jun 25, 2025, 11:57 AM
nostr I did it! I can now issue a record (credential) to a NFC tag associated with a #nostr #safebox. So I've proven I can have a fully functional wallet with only a NFC tag. I can: Pay to NFC Tag Pay from NFC Tag Present a record (i. Tim Bouma Jun 25, 2025, 2:57 AM
nostr I am always intrigued by the #nostr #safebox ads that ChatGPT generates. I can’t but help think about what the use story might be for this person, wearing the nfc tag like a dog tag. In this case, it might be someone ready to evacuate on a moment’s… Tim Bouma Jun 24, 2025, 1:55 PM
nostr I got the tap to prove working for #nostr #safebox In this example, a verifier is requesting an insurance record. When the nfc card is tapped, the encrypted token is passed through the verifier, sent to the service that encrypted the token. It's decrypted and sent via Nostr Tim Bouma Jun 24, 2025, 1:00 PM
nostr Yep, totally agree on this. Part of my work on #nostr #safebox, once I get all of the features in, is to do a full security and privacy audit. This will happen later in the year, before any community pilot which I am planning for early 2026.… Tim Bouma Jun 23, 2025, 3:28 PM
nostr The endgame of the strategy is providing unstoppable payment and proof rails for your funds and records. Whether you are a pirate or pontiff, the rails should not discriminate. This is what I am building for #nostr #safebox… Tim Bouma Jun 23, 2025, 2:55 PM
nostr The big strategic insights I've had when building #nostr #safebox Stablecoins are all about unit of account supremacy. So build a system that can work in any unit of account desirable and convert to/from unit of account and BTC at time of transaction. There is no such Tim Bouma Jun 23, 2025, 1:35 PM
nostr ChatGPT did an unexpected Dark Tower turn in the #nostr #safebox ad campaign.… Tim Bouma Jun 23, 2025, 12:04 PM
nostr Once you get the taste of accessing your funds and records across cards, devices and platforms you never want to go back. #nostr #safebox… Tim Bouma Jun 22, 2025, 5:18 PM