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Today's bitcoin technology is up to the task of replacing and improving yesterday's insecure and costly conveniences.

Nsite Info Update March, building out content, collecting tooling and creating gateways, allot has moved on this project. This monthly update is the starting point for Nsite Info & Cloud.

Inflation heavily penalized the maintenance of a healthy diet. Each decade saw such a diet get relatively more expensive, especially for categories like red meat and dairy. In contrast, Americans who embraced cheaper substitutes and new, processed foods managed to keep their food spending growth below the inflation that a healthy diet would incur. This behavior-adjustment – switching from costly whole foods to economical processed and alternative foods – has been a key reason the reported CPI fo...

A high-level breakdown of the major components and subsystems required to implement an e-voting system using blinded ephemeral keys, threshold cryptography, open timestamp proofs, and Nostr (or any decentralized relay approach). Each component is described in terms of functionality and roles—in practice, some of these can be combined or implemented as separate modules/services.

A white paper describing a Nostr-based election system that incorporates: Voter-Generated Ephemeral Keys (the voter, not the authority, generates the key). Blind Signatures from the Election Authority (EA) to authorize that ephemeral key. Homomorphic or Mix-Net Encryption to protect ballot secrecy. OpenTimestamps-style proofs to give each ballot (and any re-cast ballot) a tamper-proof, verifiable time anchor. Re-Voting until the cutoff, allowing a voter to replace a previously cast ballot. ...

You can either take control of your relay lists, or they will control you.

v0.11 release for the applesauce packages that support noStrudel

The Story of the Good and Bad Figs

All the projects and libraries I worked on in Q4 2024

A brief walkthrough of what DVMs are, and how to build them

Everything you wanted to know about #nutzaps that nobody else will tell you.

Why I'm so darned difficult to impress.

Why we aren't just hacking.

What we've been working on! The Damus OpenSats progress report.

How to form a project team and have it not end up a fruitless mess.

A brief recap of the Nostr Booth at FOSDEM 2025

Most people don't truly understand money. Here I hope to help shed some light and show how it is heavily misunderstood.

Anil Patel's (@anilsaidso on Twitter) list of essential essays that provide a foundational understanding of Bitcoin.

How our development operations are structured.

Musing over the releases.

My frustration with Nostr copycats.

2024 reflections and 2025 predictions from a humble pleb

An elegant, simple, vegetable-cream soup.

A rating scale for humans.

On scarcity.

Traditional preparation of pork roast. Tastes excellent with potato dumplings and sauerkraut.

Reflections on OP_CAT, Coffee, and Bitcoin soft forks from the left side of the curve

Learning something new can feel overwhelming—like trying to put together IKEA furniture without the instructions. But with a solid plan, it becomes manageable and even enjoyable. The Four-Layer Method is a simple strategy to help you break down any subject into digestible steps, understand it thoroughly, and remember it long-term. Here’s how it works, plus tips to get the most out of each layer.

January 1st, 2025 evening musings.

On the importance of social distancing.

Self custody

If you’re looking to explore Linux distributions and prefer using torrents for downloads, this guide will walk you through the steps to do it safely and effectively. Using The Pirate Bay (via proxy), BitTorrent, and a VPN, you can find and download Linux distros while maintaining privacy and security. Follow these steps to ensure a smooth experience.

Are we ending the tyranny of innovation over invention?

Most eggs are still closed. We don't know if they will ever open up.

There's a good chance you don't understand how cholesterol works. (Disclaimer: I may not, either)

The open-source is dead. Long live the open-source!

On the day Solzhenitsyn was arrested, February, 12, 1974, he released the text of “Live Not by Lies.” The next day, he was exiled to the West, where he received a hero’s welcome. This moment marks the peak of his fame. Solzhenitsyn equates “lies” with ideology, the illusion that human nature and society can be reshaped to predetermined specifications. And his last word before leaving his homeland urges Soviet citizens as individuals to refrain from cooperating with the regime’s lies. Even the mo...

More noStrudel features, a massive amount of code cleanup, and the applesauce nostr SDK