Alexandria Catalogue - Articles

In this second installment of The Android Elite Setup tutorial series, we will cover installing the Zapstore from the GitHub page and browsing for apps you may be interested in trying out.

Amber is one of the most important tools for Nostr users on Android. This tutorial covers setup for both new and existing nostriches, and logging into Nostr apps that have Amber sign-in support. It does not cover remote signing/bunker login, as this will be covered in a separate, stand-alone tutorial.

What is the political statement being made in the cantina?

Thou shalt not steal.

An AI generated response that looks into the security risks public companies face when publishing Bitcoin addresses as proof of reserves—particularly those that issue securities tied to Bitcoin holdings—and evaluate whether those risks outweigh the transparency benefits for investors.

Android users are fortunate to have some of the best Nostr applications and tools at their disposal that simply aren't available to those on iOS, and which synergize well with each other to create a whole experience that is greater than the sum of its parts. This tutorial series will cover installation and setup of six such applications, four of which were dubbed by Derek Ross as "The Grand Slam of Excellence" on Android.

Some quick tips on how to try out some Pokemon Rom Hacks/Mods

比特币的出现重塑了货币信用，但Crypto所引发的却是一场更深刻的政治与治理结构实验。从华尔街到华盛顿，从散户论坛到主权国家，越来越多人意识到：Crypto不只是技术或金融现象，而是一种全新的政治表达结构 正在萌芽。正如有激进论者所断言的：“比特币发明了真正的钱，而Crypto则在发明新的政治。”价格K线与流动性曲线，或许正成为这个时代社群意志和社会价值观的新型投射。

Our Kids & Our Family

Peer-to-peer networks are not inherently censorship-resistant; their resilience depends on topology, node diversity, and discovery mechanisms. Nostr's multi-star topology and outbox model may offer a more robust and redundant communication layer for Bitcoin transaction and block propagation. This model could improve resilience against censorship and partitioning attacks, while also enabling a clean separation of concerns—allowing Bitcoin nodes to focus solely on enforcing consensus rules and ver...

Poking Bitcoin with a magical stick-a metaphor for viral memes, perfect timing, and community hype-can send its price soaring, but only if the stick is truly enchanted. Not every stick works; only those infused with meme power and luck can move the market, showing that sometimes, laughter and hype have as much influence as financial analysis.

Using RxJS to load events from nostr relays

Business Insider: "Bitcoin is not the currency of the future." Published November 6, 2013

Tether -- Fed 2.0

Bitcoin isn't broken, and you're not here to fix it.

Darth Vader: intentional inspiration for mass child sacrifice?

How we imported millions of Nostr events at scale, in under half an hour. Or, stress testing production on a Friday. (this is fine 🔥)

Another version of noStrudel, a little faster and fewer bugs

This is a philosophical issue, not a technical one.

End Times

Another string of thoughts on photography.

Fist stable release of the applesauce packages

An introduction to NFDB, a scalable, distributed Nostr relay database.

End Times

As a developer, why you should not use kind 1 events.

A summary of all the projects I've been working on in Q1 2025

End Times

At the recent Launch Music Festival, a volunteer initiative successfully introduced over 120 musicians to Bitcoin, Nostr, and Value-for-Value (V4V), resulting in participating artists earning almost 1M sats over three days. Musicians enthusiastically embraced these decentralized technologies, recognizing them as a solution to the failings of the current digital music industry. However, the on-boarding process highlighted significant usability issues with our apps of choice. Resolving these app i...

End Times: The Rapture of the Church

The article discusses the recent updates made to the AI assistant Untype, including improvements to the user experience, AI-generated content capabilities, and the addition of automatic title, summary, and tag suggestions, all geared towards enhancing ease of use and functionality.

A brief update and some reflections

Is the Tribulation Imminent?

Risa Before the Federation — A Visitor’s Historical Briefing

NIP-90 is overloaded and why there aren't more clients and servers implementing DVMs

A Counselor’s Address to the Chamber of Risa

A Counselor’s Address to the Starfleet High Council During the Borg Crisis

The warrior spirit of our generations is either kindled by the honorable or is denied by the soft.

A Cultural Strategy Against the Second Amendment

Update on the state of the Library of Alexandria

Just an article to see what adventures unfold

The truth is hidden in plain sight