Alexandria Catalogue - Highlights

Why can't I see what a kind-1 note will look like? Why can't I see how many users are being added to or removed from my contact list? Why can't I see what changes are being made to my profile and what it will look like?

I never use the "auto-approve" mode most Nostr signers have—mostly because I'm protective of my private key, but also because I'm curious what the app is doing.

When you integrate Bitcoin mining into your asset, you’re not just cutting costs, you’re turning an expense line into an income stream.

For almost all apps I've used, the transition from private keys to signers isn't smooth, since the difference between having full control of the user's identity and asking the user for permission is the same difference between the existing banking system and Bitcoin. What this results in is most apps being unaware they are **asking** the user for a signature.

Increased Error Rates and LatenciesOct 20 1:26 AM PDT We can confirm significant error rates for requests made to the DynamoDB endpoint in the US-EAST-1 Region. This issue also affects other AWS Services in the US-EAST-1 Region as well. During this time, customers may be unable to create or update Support Cases. Engineers were immediately engaged and are actively working on both mitigating the issue, and fully understanding the root cause. We will continue to provide updates as we have more information to share, or by 2:00 AM. Oct 20 12:51 AM PDT We can confirm increased error rates and latencies for multiple AWS Services in the US-EAST-1 Region. This issue may also be affecting Case Creation through the AWS Support Center or the Support API. We are actively engaged and working to both mitigate the issue and understand root cause. We will provide an update in 45 minutes, or sooner if we have additional information to share. Oct 20 12:11 AM PDT We are investigating increased error rates and latencies for multiple AWS services in the US-EAST-1 Region. We will provide another update in the next 30-45 minutes.

I discussed the protocol design with Calle in one of those 1 hour meetings that can save you 2 years of work so I have a [rough outline](https://github.com/vnprc/hashpool/blob/master/docs/EHASH_PROTOCOL.md) of how to make it work. Now I just have to vibe it into reality. LFG :)

I have a really solid platform to generate ehash tokens, now we just need to turn them into sats. I discussed the protocol design with Calle in one of those 1 hour meetings that can save you 2 years of work so I have a [rough outline](https://github.com/vnprc/hashpool/blob/master/docs/EHASH_PROTOCOL.md) of how to make it work. Now I just have to vibe it into reality.

my brain is brimming with the possibility space that opened up from the things I learned

(I cashu pilled him!)

my favorite bitcoin conference: TABConf

I got it working but my Friday evening was shot and it was only a temporary solution. What is that famous saying about deploying on Friday?

I started again with a new plan to split out the stats service from the pool and proxy services. After a lot of vibing I was ready to deploy on Friday afternoon. Ugh!

excellent resource on vibe coding in large codebases

Teamwork makes the dreamwork. 🤝

I left Sovereign Engineering physically but I was still there in spirit. I spent most of the fourth week cleaning up the UI and deploying it.

The LLM just decided it should have a green on black terminal aesthetic so I rolled with it. Bitchat vibes. No regrets.

I felt pretty down leading up to my demo but the 5 or 6 projects before me all failed in one way or another so when I stood up to present and got a big laugh by pointing this out I felt much better. I still plan to build this feature and I've left the [development](https://github.com/vnprc/hashpool/blob/master/docs/PAYMENT_FORWARDING.md)[plans](https://github.com/vnprc/hashpool/blob/master/docs/PAYMENT_REQUEST.md) in the repo for when I get back to it.

My initial plan was to push nostr mempool and other projects forward for the duration of Sovereign Engineering but after the first week people kept asking me "wen ehash" so I pivoted and put the hammer down on ehash development for the remainder of the cohort. I think this is the correct order of development because nostr mempool only makes sense with a robust network of mining nodes.

The idea is to elevate bitcoin transaction relay to a new transport layer outside of the bitcoin peer-to-peer network. The benefits of this approach are manifold: we can drop all filter rules on transactions (spam AND policy filters), we can use ecash exogenous transaction fees to sidestep RBF and CPFP fee bumping restrictions, and, most importantly for my purposes, I can build a new set of truly public and permissionless transaction acceleration rails for the next generation of mining pools. I will write more on this topic as the project advances.

No problem, I told myself...I'm gonna vibe on nostr stuff and get back to ehash development later. lol

I spent three weeks in paradise walking the levadas, experimenting with new ideas, and leveling up my vibe skills. It was a great success!

My secret sauce was travelling to Madiera to participate in Sovereign Engineering Cohort 5 with a bunch of nostr freedom tech hackers.

It was a great success! I was only able to stay for the first half of the cohort but I arrived back home more bullish than ever. I continued the Friday shipping schedule from home for the remainder of the cohort and followed it up with my favorite bitcoin conference, TABconf, where I sat on a mining decentralization panel.

And there — nailed between heaven and earth — the two commandments meet. Love for God. Love for neighbor. The cross is both. Jesus loves the Father perfectly by submitting to His will. And He loves you perfectly by taking your place. On that wood, the Law and the Prophets hang — literally — on Him.

You see, that’s what the incarnation means — God doesn’t just tell you to love; He becomes love for you. He doesn’t just preach mercy; He bleeds it. He doesn’t just hang commandments on you; He hangs on the cross for you.

That’s what silences them. The one they’re testing is the one who gave the Law. The one they’re trying to trap is the one who came to fulfill it. And that’s the gospel hidden inside the question: the Lawgiver Himself has come to love the loveless. The Lord Himself has come to be your neighbor.

The Pharisees don’t want that. They want a religion they can control, a righteousness they can measure, a God who plays by their rules. But love isn’t like that. Love breaks your rules. Love takes your control and nails it to a tree. Love dies — for you, and for the very people you wish it wouldn’t.

That’s why Jesus puts the two commandments together. You can’t separate them. You can’t say, “I love God,” and despise your neighbor. You can’t worship in the sanctuary and gossip in the parking lot. You can’t kneel at the altar and hate the person standing next to you. Because the love of God always takes flesh — always reaches outward — always looks like the cross.

we sometimes forget the simplest thing: to breathe

I go to Dodgy Dave’s house in Grimsby and pay in cash

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We must not forget that most people are good. They have to be; otherwise, the world we live in would not be possible.

People are the most wonderful thing. Full of potential, full of joy, full of wonder.

Stack sats. Run nodes. Hold the line.

Hypernote brings back the spirit of the early, hypertext-driven web, allowing developers to create interactive, micro-apps that live directly within Nostr notes. It have some examples using CVM to provide the 'backend' or state management for these hyper-apps, opening up new possibilities for rich, decentralized content.

When Trump floated gold tariffs, the market's immediate negative reaction forced a quick reversal. The message is clear: gold's role as a sanctions workaround is too valuable to disrupt.

And, on that note, look for the Fed and the Treasury to step in as soon as things look like they're getting dire. They will plug the holes with so much liquidity you'll feel like you're at a water park while looking at your Robinhood account.

It's absolute chaos out there. Take advantage of the cheap sats while the sale lasts. And, on that note, look for the Fed and the Treasury to step in as soon as things look like they're getting dire.

you can guarantee that more people are coming to bitcoin over time.

How many more products will come to market that make it easier to use bitcoin? How many more tradfi spasms will there be? How many more inflationary bouts will there be?

[Square](https://x.com/Square)'s release this week is the latest example of this. 4,000,000 merchants across the United States are currently being forced to ask the question, "Should I accept and hold bitcoin?"

This does not change the fact that bitcoin is superior in every way to gold. It's a harder money that's more easily divisible, easier to send, easier to verify and easier to custody.

Gold is having its day because governments are falling back to what they know as the dollar reserve system comes into question.

With this in mind, there are many out there who are disappointed that bitcoin isn't moving in lock step with gold right now. To those people I say, zoom out.

It looks like a bitcoin chart, but over the course of 100 years.

gold is still the hottest chick in the room. It is currently sitting at $4,331 per ounce and the chart is awe inspiring.

Apparently Tricolor wasn't the only lender exhibiting extremely relaxed underwriting practices and handing out loans to anyone with a pulse. To make matters worse, it seems that many banks lapsed on the due diligence of their counterparts who were giving out these loans.

“If prayer rooms are offered to Muslims,” one theologian asked, “what will happen when Jewish, Hindu, or Buddhist scholars request the same? Will the Vatican provide separate spaces for all faiths?”

Together they create a system where dissenters won't be arrested but they'll simply be algorithmically assassinated. Your bank account won't be frozen by court order; it will just stop functioning.

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