Nostr notes by Radivis

Bitboard Wallet (soon to be renamed to Bitcoin Codex), a Bitcoin ...

2026-10-28T07:57:28Z

In reply to nevent1q…rqrm
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Bitboard Wallet (soon to be renamed to Bitcoin Codex), a Bitcoin learning platform with:

* Bitcoin simulator
* Articles covering Bitcoin related topics
* A wallet that supports onchain, Arkade, and Bark payments
* Ability to use external Lightning wallets via NWC
* A graphical UI for emergency/unilateral exits

https://github.com/Radivis/bitboard-pwa-wallet

https://bitboard-wallet.com

Bitboard Wallet is a learning web app for letting people explore ...

2026-10-23T17:49:29Z

Bitboard Wallet is a learning web app for letting people explore Bitcoin layers 1 and 2 safely. Version 0.3.6 is out now. It adds Bark support, which I started implementing at the Bitcoin++ Payments Edition hackathon in Berlin. Improving UI, and handling important edge cases took some additional time.

Bitboard Wallet is now one of the few wallets that both support Arkade and Bark, the first and second Ark implementations. Visual unilateral exits are implemented for both.

Check it out on https://bitboard-wallet.com

#Ark #Arkade #Bark #Bitboard #Bitcoin #dev

"Verify, don't trust" is the core motto here. Ark is ...

2026-10-23T12:21:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…rkjz
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"Verify, don't trust" is the core motto here. Ark is a nice technology, but the unilateral/emergency exits need to work. If those exits are not implemented, or just not properly tested, Ark might just as well be called a custodial system. The risk isn't that the Ark operator claims the funds, but that the service goes down for whatever reason and doesn't come back online.

I just completed the first emergency exit on #Bark with the ...

2026-10-23T07:45:31Z

I just completed the first emergency exit on #Bark with the current development version of Bitboard Wallet. Encountered zero issues along the way. I found it important to do that test before pushing out v0.3.6 with Bark support.

Check out the app on https://bitboard-wallet.com

#Bitcoin #Ark #dev

Yeah, this is a bit of a trade-off between Bark and Arkade. For ...

2026-10-06T11:27:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…cupm
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Yeah, this is a bit of a trade-off between Bark and Arkade. For the Arkade unilateral exits the state machine that handles the exit is fully controlled by the wallet, but I could test it in Mutinynet, which only takes 3 minutes per block.

What's better about Bark is that the Bark SDK provides such a state machine out of the box. So, in theory I only have to test the integration of that into the wallet. The whole process is still a bit rough around the edge cases, so the 10 minute wait for each step is annoying. That testing is not fully replaceable with a regtest setup.

I'm not at the state yet at which I would be comfortable delegating this kind of testing to an agent setup. But that would be rather helpful going forward.

During the Bitcoin++ hackathon in Berlin I added Bark support for ...

2026-10-05T08:55:04Z

During the Bitcoin++ hackathon in Berlin I added Bark support for Bitboard Wallet. Adding a payment rail in a day is possible, but creating a new release with that new feature takes much longer. I need to make sure it plays along nicely with any existing functionality like:

* Paying with Bitcoin on-chain, Lightning, or Arkade
* Switching wallets or networks
* Locking and unlocking the wallet

Also, there's the issue about making all Bark features work reliably. For example, testing emergency exits (as visible in the screenshot) on Signet takes some time (10 Minutes for each single step).

#bitcoin #layer2 #Bark #Bitboard #exits #hackathon

Let's create a decicated Unilateral Exit service for Bark and ...

2026-10-03T13:38:57Z

Let's create a decicated Unilateral Exit service for Bark and Arkade.

Ah, dann bin ich mal echt gespannt. Bin ab morgen übrigens auch ...

2026-09-30T20:00:12Z

In reply to nevent1q…zdlv
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Ah, dann bin ich mal echt gespannt. Bin ab morgen übrigens auch auf der Bitcoin++ in Berlin. Vielleicht können wir da mal ins Detail gehen.

Ich werde dort mit einem T-Shirt mit dem Motto "Wisdom through depth" herumlaufen.

Ok, hab mir die Folge jetzt mal komplett reingezogen. Aber ich ...

2026-09-30T19:07:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…y2zf
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Ok, hab mir die Folge jetzt mal komplett reingezogen. Aber ich muss hier echt knallhart sagen: Was für Argumente bitte? Klar kann man die Meinung haben, dass eine Bitcoin Node zu betreiben zu den Essentials gehört. Das ist aber noch lange kein Argument.

Klar, kann man eine Node als Neugierde betreiben, oder um als Checker darzustehen, oder um bessere Privacy zu haben. Das wären wenigstens echte Argumente - vielleicht nicht unbedingt die allerbesten, aber es sind wahrscheinlich auch nicht die schlechtesten.

Es fiel die Behauptung, dass man nicht am Bitcoin Netzwerk partizipiert, wenn man keine Node betreibt. Wie bitte? Das ist in etwa so falsch wie zu behaupten, dass man nicht am Internet partizipiert, wenn man keinen eigenen dedizierten Server betreibt. Beim Internet geht es um den Austausch von Daten. Bei Bitcoin geht es um Transaktionen. Nur weil man nicht weiß, wie die zugrundeliegende Infrastruktur funktioniert, oder nicht den Aufwand betreiben will, sich an dieser Infrastruktur zu beteiligen, heißt das noch lange nicht, dass man nicht am Netzwerk teilnimmt.

Anderer Vergleich: Man könnte sagen, dass man nur dann Demokrat ist, wenn man einer Partei angehört, oder sich selber zur Wahl aufstellt - nur zu wählen reicht natürlich nicht, weil das kann ja jeder.

Ja, man kann diese Ansprüche stellen, aber sind diese wirklich angemessen? Ich würde dem stark widersprechen.

Also: Ich warte auf ernsthafte Argumente von eurer Seite.

Eine Node laufen zu lassen, nützt dem Netzwerk weniger als ...

2026-09-30T13:30:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…wer2
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Eine Node laufen zu lassen, nützt dem Netzwerk weniger als Mining. Von jedem Bitcoiner zu verlangen, Mining zubetreiben wäre ein vernünftigerer Standard, aber ökonomisch fragwürdig. Von daher ist die Aussage, dass Bitcoiner ohne Node LARPer sind völliger Schwachsinn!

Bitboard Wallet is a learning web app for letting people explore ...

2026-09-27T10:10:06Z

Bitboard Wallet is a learning web app for letting people explore Bitcoin layers 1 and 2 safely.

Version 0.3.5 is out now. This is mostly a performance upgrade that fixes long sync waiting times by increasing the use of caching.

That doesn't sound particularly exciting, but it makes wallets with a long transaction history feel snappy again.

#Ark #Arkade #Bitboard #Bitcoin #dev

Check it out on https://bitboard-wallet.com

GM

2026-09-22T06:47:15Z

In reply to nevent1q…4cex
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GM

I guess there's some confusion here, as you mentioned ...

2026-09-19T09:34:49Z

In reply to nevent1q…rpl0
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I guess there's some confusion here, as you mentioned "channel". The unilateral exit I initially referred to was in Arkade, not Lightning.

"Unilateral exits typically require 144 confirmations to ...

2026-09-19T08:51:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…wu33
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"Unilateral exits typically require 144 confirmations to avoid CPFP traps." <- could you please elaborate on that? What CPFP trap do you mean in this context exactly?

Bitboard Wallet version 0.3.4 is out now. It mostly focuses on ...

2026-09-18T15:45:57Z

Bitboard Wallet version 0.3.4 is out now. It mostly focuses on Arkade with better handling of intents and unilateral exits.

Those unilateral exits are really tricky - trickier than most people realize. My idea was to make it more transparent what's actually happening by displaying it in a graph. The complexity of the underlying machinery is so high that this might be a dedicated app in its own right.

But it's now easier for users to get them right:

1. Start unilateral exit in wallet management
2. Tap on one of the leaves in the graph
3. Tap on the "select this leaf for exit" switch
4. Optionally activate the "proceed automatically" switch (recommended)
5. Start the process - it runs in the background as long as the wallet is unlocked, if you did the previous step
6. Once the process has finished, you tap on "Complete unilateral exit" in wallet management
7. Select the coins you want to move to L1 and continue

-> Exit complete

That's still a significant number of steps, but it's a complicated process that is inherently error prone. Handling those potential errors gracefully was actually the biggest challenge of this new feature.

I still suggest not trying this on mainnet, since the tx fees will burn your balance. Try signet/mutinynet instead.

https://bitboard-wallet.com

#Ark #Arkade #Bitboard #Bitcoin #dev #unilateralExits

Bitboard Wallet already supports that. The app is still in early ...

2026-09-15T07:02:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…vkky
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Bitboard Wallet already supports that. The app is still in early beta and focuses on educational features, though.

Get it on https://bitboard-wallet.com

Bitboard Wallet version 0.3.2 and 0.3.3 were bug fix releases ...

2026-07-10T13:15:52Z

Bitboard Wallet version 0.3.2 and 0.3.3 were bug fix releases mostly focused on Arkade:

* Sync can now be manually triggered for each rail (onchain, Lightning, Arkade)
* Added periodic sync option with customizable period per rail
* Arkade signer key rotation should be handled gracefully now
* Arkade now also shows fiat amounts when in fiat mode
* Improved unilateral exit flow for Arkade by splitting it into a start and complete phase
* Cross-tab write lock should make multitasking with multiple browser tabs safe

It's still important to know that Arkade support is still new and rather experimental - but it's getting better.

#Ark #Arkade #Bitboard #Bitcoin #dev

Sounds like zaps should use Ark. Ark removes the hassle of ...

2026-06-29T06:12:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…xa8u
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Sounds like zaps should use Ark. Ark removes the hassle of channel management and is in principle non-custodial.

A minor issue is that different Ark operators do not communicate natively, but have to route payments though Lightning - but that's their job, not that of the users.

The bigger issue is that Ark isn't without complexity. VTXOs need to be renewed periodically. In theory, you can use delegate services for that, but that just adds another layer of complexity again.

#Bitboard Wallet 0.3.1 was just released. Now the wallet supports ...

2026-06-18T10:05:32Z

#Bitboard Wallet 0.3.1 was just released. Now the wallet supports Lightning pay via LNURL. Critically, the connection to the Arkade server was fixed. There were also some minor UI and security improvements.

See https://bitboard-wallet.com

#bitcoin #lightning #ark

I just noticed that the Bitcoin symbol had one line instead of ...

2026-06-17T07:04:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…an99
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I just noticed that the Bitcoin symbol had one line instead of two, hopefully indicating that those are sats, not full BTCs. Is that becoming a new standard?

Cool, but it feels like 20 functioning users per functioning ...

2026-06-09T08:43:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…xq2h
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Cool, but it feels like 20 functioning users per functioning relay, right?

#Bitboard Wallet 0.3 now can do #Ark via Arkade. Wanted to ...

2026-06-09T07:14:10Z

#Bitboard Wallet 0.3 now can do #Ark via Arkade. Wanted to include that until this year's #BTC Prague. This addition makes Bitboard much more useful than before. It's a layer 2 solution that's relatively easy to use.

Check it out on https://bitboard-wallet.com

Don't forget to activate Ark under Settings -> Features

#Bitcoin #Layer2

Your answers are shockingly compact.

2026-06-09T07:09:07Z

In reply to nevent1q…r9a5
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Your answers are shockingly compact.

Ah, so how is that ensured?

2026-06-08T06:28:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…rqce
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Ah, so how is that ensured?

How do you measure controversial? By the number of people who ...

2026-06-05T15:32:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…5a28
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How do you measure controversial? By the number of people who would disagree with that opinion? By the number of people who would want to kill me for stating it? Or by the number of special agents that would hunt me down and torture me to death for spreading it?

Aha, zero fees, but everyone has to do PoW? Do you really want to ...

2026-06-05T07:26:07Z

In reply to nevent1q…3pxt
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Aha, zero fees, but everyone has to do PoW? Do you really want to let everyone mine their txs individually? If difficulty is low, ASIC miners will laugh about PoW, if it's high people not using ASICs will have to delegate mining their tx or burn an unreasonable amount of time and energy to get a tx added. Which of those is it?

The concept is interesting, but it raises way more questions than the whitepaper answers.

I transitioned to focus more on the 4 year moving average. ...

2026-06-02T12:33:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…lcu4
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I transitioned to focus more on the 4 year moving average. That's a much more solid indicator than the temporary price.

Does sovereignty expire or why is there a date of expiry?

2026-05-31T20:06:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…0hx5
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Does sovereignty expire or why is there a date of expiry?

You could have also used a Bitcoin wallet that was created using ...

2026-05-31T20:04:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…06qa
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You could have also used a Bitcoin wallet that was created using agentic engineering: Bitboard Wallet.

Here's the source code: https://github.com/Radivis/bitboard-pwa-wallet

And here's the live app: https://app.bitboard-wallet.com/

Letting AI agents use that also works quite well.

#Bitboard Wallet v 0.2.0 is available. Now you can unlock the new ...

2026-05-31T19:53:44Z

#Bitboard Wallet v 0.2.0 is available. Now you can unlock the new feature "UTXO selection" to pick the coins you want to use for a #Bitcoin transaction.

Also, the UI now shows your balance and txs immediately instead of waiting for Esplora sync.

https://bitboard-wallet.com

Bitboard was intended as onboarding wallet / tool for Bitcoin and ...

2026-05-24T09:45:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…009y
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Bitboard was intended as onboarding wallet / tool for Bitcoin and Lightning. I started developing it in March this year. It's still very far away from being any kind of competition to established wallets like Phoenix.

At the moment, Bitboard does not support manual coin control, yet, as the app just sticks with the initial coin selection done by BDK. It merely displays the selected UTXOs now.

Also, Bitboard currently can only connect to external Lightning wallets via NWC. A genuine app-internal Lightning node is something I plan on finishing until Q4 this year.

The most distinctive feature of Bitboard is the integrated blockchain simulation / sandbox. It's main purpose is to help people grok the mechanics of Bitcoin by playing around with it.

#Bitboard Wallet version 0.1.8 comes with some UI improvements: * ...

2026-05-23T14:12:40Z

#Bitboard Wallet version 0.1.8 comes with some UI improvements:
* Made it clearer when the wallet refers to the Lab
* Lots of useful information on the review transaction page like actual fees, change, and UTXOs
* Pagination for transaction list

See https://bitboard-wallet.com

I get the impression that sometimes also calling people you agree ...

2026-05-20T16:09:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…g6gf
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I get the impression that sometimes also calling people you agree with retards is a thing on Nostr.

A feverish vision of the future

2026-05-20T07:11:04Z

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A feverish vision of the future

"On-chain zaps, however, will "lock" your nsec to a ...

2026-05-19T16:18:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…l7zh
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"On-chain zaps, however, will "lock" your nsec to a bitcoin address. Forever." This has always been the case, even before on-chain zaps were a thing. It's a logical consequence of Bitcoin and Nostr using the same elliptic curve: secp256k1.

I always found that fact remarkable. Now the consequences of that design choice are getting real.

I have reflected on this. The proper privacy stance towards ...

2026-05-19T16:04:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…5fye
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I have reflected on this. The proper privacy stance towards on-chain zaps is to consider those coins to be effectively burnt as reputation sacrifice in favor of the npub they are connected to.

That was perhaps not the intended use case for on-chain zaps, but it could be seen as legitimate application. Trying to convince all Nostr users that this is how on-chain zaps SHOULD be used (if at all) is a different matter.

R$ are now supported in version 0.1.7. You have to set the ...

2026-05-19T15:49:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…ch4g
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R$ are now supported in version 0.1.7. You have to set the currency rate provider to CoinGecko or Blockchain.com, because Kraken doesn't support BTC <-> R$ conversion.

Version 0.1.7 of #Bitboard Wallet now supports conversion to more ...

2026-05-19T15:47:11Z

Version 0.1.7 of #Bitboard Wallet now supports conversion to more fiat currencies - depending on the rate service you select under settings. This is only informative. Bitcoins are not automagically traded into stablecoins or something.

#bitcoin

See https://bitboard-wallet.com

Handling raw WIF in the era of descriptor wallets feels kinda ...

2026-05-17T12:24:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…2ncq
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Handling raw WIF in the era of descriptor wallets feels kinda backwards. There should be a better solution for this.

I playing with the thought of adding an "import wallet from nsec / private key" feature to Bitboard Wallet, but I still think that onchain zaps are a stupid idea.

But in this world it's often the stupid ideas that get really popular ... so ...?

See https://bitboard-wallet.com

Interesting. Where did you pull that data from?

2026-05-14T09:54:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…ce5j
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Interesting. Where did you pull that data from?

I went with the currencies that were all supported by the most ...

2026-05-13T21:17:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…ch4g
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I went with the currencies that were all supported by the most straightforward currency conversion rate services, but I'm not really happy that only three fiat currencies passed that simple criterion. I definitely need to think about how to proceed here.

#Bitboard Wallet 0.1.6 now comes with fiat currency conversion ...

2026-05-13T18:28:52Z

#Bitboard Wallet 0.1.6 now comes with fiat currency conversion and finally fixed the persistent bug plaguing some of the mathematical formulas in the Library.

With this release, it gains real-world usability as #bitcoin PWA wallet.

Check it out on https://bitboard-wallet.com

Yeah, it's interesting to see what traffic spikes can do. ...

2026-05-10T11:43:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…wdz5
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Yeah, it's interesting to see what traffic spikes can do. That's why we need more and better L2 infrastructure.

#Bitboard Wallet 0.1.5 now includes fee rate estimates pulled ...

2026-05-09T18:28:50Z

#Bitboard Wallet 0.1.5 now includes fee rate estimates pulled from Esplora. Low: 1 day, medium: 1 hours, high: 1 block.

Check it out on https://bitboard-wallet.com

#bitcoin

#Bitboard Wallet 0.1.4 comes with minor UI improvements - most ...

2026-05-08T17:05:57Z

#Bitboard Wallet 0.1.4 comes with minor UI improvements - most notably a slightly more intuitive two level navigation footer. On mobile devices the app should look fine everywhere now. If it doesn't, please contact me.

Check it out on https://bitboard-wallet.com.

Bitboard Wallet 0.1.3 now supports "amountless" Lightning ...

2026-05-05T20:59:47Z

Bitboard Wallet 0.1.3 now supports "amountless" Lightning payments (meaning the payer specifies the amount) via NWC. That version also features some recovery logic for persistent Esplora sync issues.

Check it out here: https://bitboard-wallet.com

#bitboard #bitcoin #lightning

Under certain conditions persistent sync errors could appear ...

2026-05-02T16:31:37Z

Under certain conditions persistent sync errors could appear after trying to connect to online blockchains in #Bitboard Wallet (https://bitboard-wallet.com), if starting out with a pre-0.1.2 version. Creating a new wallet under wallet management should fix those.

I'm working on a more convenient fix for future versions. These kinds of errors are annoying, but stress the importance of using seed phrases. Using the seed phrase of a "broken" wallet during import is a highly robust recovery path.

#BTC

My interests and efforts have been mostly divided between ...

2026-04-29T15:10:08Z

My interests and efforts have been mostly divided between philosophy, science fiction, economics, and software development. I just realized that as Bitcoin developer, I am actually in the intersection of all of that.

My latest project: https://bitboard-wallet.com.

#Bitboard #Bitcoin #economics #philosophy

Setting up an edge proxy server was not a trivial task. Lots of ...

2026-04-27T12:23:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…czgv
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Setting up an edge proxy server was not a trivial task. Lots of trial and error.

If sync still doesn't work for you, please check whether you are really on 0.1.2 in the Settings->About page. Please do a hard reload, if not.

The Esplora sync issues are finally fixed in #Bitboard Wallet ...

2026-04-27T12:19:20Z

The Esplora sync issues are finally fixed in #Bitboard Wallet v0.1.2, because I had a nightmare about them and then did a mad 3 hour development sprint with Claude Opus 4.5 (still reasonably priced).

Check it out on https://bitboard-wallet.com

#Bitcoin

If you try the live Bitboard Wallet app ...

2026-04-27T05:45:14Z

If you try the live Bitboard Wallet app (https://bitboard-wallet.com): Connecting with live mainnet, testnet, or signet networks doesn't work due to CORS issues. I tried setting up a small proxy server for addressing that issue, but haven't got that working yet.

In other words: A productive solution probably will have to wait until after Bitcoin Conference. Developers can still try running the app in development - there everything works, because there are less moving parts.

The main selling point of the wallet should work anywhere though: The simulated "Lab" blockchain.

#Bitcoin #Bitboard

Nice. Will be there, too. Built https://bitboard-wallet.com ...

2026-04-24T11:12:38Z

In reply to nevent1q…dxlw
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Nice. Will be there, too. Built https://bitboard-wallet.com during the last 8 weeks.

Good point. I'll have to move that from "Features" to ...

2026-04-23T08:39:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…06w6
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Good point. I'll have to move that from "Features" to "Future". Sorry for getting your hopes up too much.

It's a PWA. Have you followed the "Install App" ...

2026-04-23T08:11:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…xxzx
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It's a PWA. Have you followed the "Install App" button on the landing page? It should work for all mobile devices.

Just released v0.1.0 of Bitboard Wallet: ...

2026-04-23T07:46:16Z

Just released v0.1.0 of Bitboard Wallet: https://bitboard-wallet.com/

It's not the absolutely first released version, but the first version with a proper changelog at https://github.com/Radivis/bitboard-pwa-wallet/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md

Check it out. The integrated blockchain simulator doesn't even require you to create a wallet. You can skip wallet creation by clicking on Settings and then Lab. Lab transactions are displayed as cards nicely suited for mobile devices.

#Bitcoin #Bitboard

There's a new Bitcoin PWA wallet in town: Bitboard Wallet ...

2026-04-22T09:37:02Z

There's a new Bitcoin PWA wallet in town: **Bitboard Wallet** ⚡

https://bitboard-wallet.com/

It's not just another wallet — it's built as an integrated Bitcoin learning and onboarding app:

• A clean knowledge base called the Library
• A hands-on tiny blockchain simulator the Lab — create users, mine blocks, send real-looking transactions

I built this to help more people go from zero to deep understanding of Bitcoin and Lightning.

Right now it supports Lightning via NWC (easy to connect). A full integrated Lightning node (Mutiny-style) is already planned.

This is a very early beta (only 7 weeks old, built agentically with Cursor). The codebase is a bit messy from the rapid pace, but the product feels solid for a demo. Non-custodial, open-source, PWA — installable on web + mobile.

If you're into Bitcoin education, self-custody, or just want to play with a blockchain simulator, check it out and let me know what you think!

#Bitcoin #Lightning #NWC #BitcoinWallet #PWA #OpenSource #BTC

boring

2026-04-05T15:14:07Z

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boring

Currently working on an educational Bitcoin wallet: ...

2026-03-13T16:57:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…udu4
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Currently working on an educational Bitcoin wallet: https://github.com/Radivis/bitboard-pwa-wallet

I suck at marketing.

I don't believe in "Proof of human". Just use your latent telepathic abilities and verify my qualia.

Done

2026-03-05T17:52:07Z

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Done

I just committed my Cursor rules to my portfolio base repository. ...

2026-02-26T15:59:16Z

I just committed my Cursor rules to my portfolio base repository. That does feel like a futuristic milestone. There's no going back from this:

https://github.com/Radivis/zero2prod-axum/pull/12/changes

This feels like the begin of the technological #singularity

#agentic #development

Soul draining industrialism

2026-02-26T15:45:02Z

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Soul draining industrialism

My canonical head cannon is $1M, because then 1 sat = 1 cent. ...

2026-02-26T15:43:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…6phl
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My canonical head cannon is $1M, because then 1 sat = 1 cent. Makes conversion easier. I just anticipate the future value of Bitcoin that way.

OpenFang looks like it's definitely one of the best ...

2026-02-26T09:55:51Z

OpenFang looks like it's definitely one of the best candidates for dethroning OpenClaw right now. Huge pros: Deep security + batteries included.

https://x.com/Akashi203/status/2026817793165779387

https://github.com/RightNow-AI/openfang

#OpenClaw #ai #agentic

My flight to Bitcoin Conference 2026 in Las Vegas starts in ...

2026-02-24T12:47:05Z

My flight to Bitcoin Conference 2026 in Las Vegas starts in almost precisely 2 months. It will be my first time visiting that convention, Las Vegas, or the USA.

I will arrive very early and leave very late, so that I can spend 10 days in Las Vegas.

This feels like a significant step since I walked out of my last full stack dev job. I've been doing a dedicated deep dive into Rust, Bitcoin, Lightning, Nostr and agentic development for the last three months.

My plan is to demo an educational Bitcoin and Lightning wallet there - mostly informally. So far, I've remained in brainstorming and planning mode on that, as I am still focused on optimizing my agentic development setup with Cursor.

I don't call myself a vibe coder. What I aim to do is "clean agentic coding", which is challenging, because agentic code tends to be quite messy without serious guardrails. Agentic workflows that produce clean, correct, and maintainable code are possible, but it does take some time to set them up properly.

Anyway, this is just an early announcement of my plans. There is much more to come.

#dev #bitcoin #lightning #agentic #vegas

Should be continued with headache and paranoia.

2026-02-23T13:35:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…vkmj
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Should be continued with headache and paranoia.

Getting into Rust and "clean agentic development" as I ...

2026-02-21T16:25:02Z

Getting into Rust and "clean agentic development" as I call it tentatively has absorbed me for the last months - in addition to getting into the Bitcoin, Lightning, and Nostr primitives.

I'm planning on turning this first zero2prod-axum project into a CRM for my own portfolio.

#dev #rust #agentic

I was quite fond of mathematical logic and associated fields like ...

2026-02-10T14:03:31Z

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I was quite fond of mathematical logic and associated fields like model theory and non-standard algebra (hyperreal numbers). Using the hyperreal numbers in math education would actually be pretty cool.

Once I made a small fractal generator with JavaScript to make the fancy images I used in the Fractal Future Forum. But that was actually rather elementary. Huh, maybe I could turn that into an actual app. Migrating it to Rust and Wasm should definitely amp up its performance.

Mostly I focused on geometry at university: Differential geometry, algebraic topology, a little bit of algebraic geometry. In my last job in geoinformatics I actually needed about zero of that, but having had that background was still nice.

Ah, and I considered coming up with a "coviariant" notation for ordinary mathematics. The usual notation is actually "contravariant" in the sense that you need to read f(g(x)) from right to left. A covariant notation would be something like x|g|f (first apply g to x then f).

Actually, I am not doing much with math right now, but focus on getting into the Bitcoin / Lightning / Nostr dev space.

Technically, radivis.com is my homepage, but I haven't posted ...

2026-02-10T13:21:13Z

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Technically, radivis.com is my homepage, but I haven't posted anything on it since 2015 in favor of focusing on the Fractal Future Forum at forum.fractalfuture.net, which is mostly used as archive now, but it's technically still a working forum. So, yeah, I've gotten rather silent over the last years with only minimal activity on Twitter / X.

What's also relevant is my GitHub at https://github.com/Radivis.

This desolate state of my online presence is bothering me somewhat. I still mostly use Telegram and Discord to stay in touch with people. Migrating everything to Nostr would be cool, but where should I even start?

Anyway, thanks for taking an interest. Is there something you wanted to discuss with me in particular?

I just found out that Claude 4.5 Sonnet is remarkably bad at ...

2026-01-28T16:15:31Z

I just found out that Claude 4.5 Sonnet is remarkably bad at simple refactoring and code cleanup. Splitting one file up into two while maintaining functionality turned out to represent a surprisingly difficult challenge for something that is mostly trivial copy and paste for humans. Amazing!

#ai #dev

I feel like I've hit the current limit of agentic development ...

2026-01-27T15:37:48Z

I feel like I've hit the current limit of agentic development - frustratingly early. I was just trying to add some very simple Playwright end to end tests to a React app with a Rust backend. Even after 6 hours of debugging, the success rate of those tests got stuck at around 20%! So much for the skills of Claude Sonnet 4.5 (thinking) in Cursor.

Well, back to manual debugging, I guess. At least this has been a very educational experiment.

#ai #dev

Really fascinating and useful report! Especially for those who ...

2026-01-27T13:38:20Z

Really fascinating and useful report! Especially for those who see a job in the Bitcoin space like me!

quoting naddr1qv…jpl4

Dear Bitcoiners, builders, founders, and friends,

We’re happy to present the second edition of the Bitvocation Annual Bitcoin Job Market Report.

When we published our first report a year ago, Bitvocation was still young — a fast-growing job feed, a Telegram group, and a conviction that the Bitcoin job market could be more transparent, more efficient, and more human.

Since then, Bitvocation has grown — and so has our understanding of what the Bitcoin job market actually needs.

Today, we’re building toward something bigger: human infrastructure for the Bitcoin economy, powered by people, data, and signal.

This year, our work took us deeper into the human side of Bitcoin careers.

Through our community, our datasets, and countless conversations, one thing became clear:

People aren’t leaving fiat jobs because they want to “work in tech.” They’re leaving because they want to work in alignment.

They’re looking for freedom, sovereignty, purpose, and a mission that actually matters. And they want to build alongside others who feel the same way.

Our mission remains the same.

What has changed is the clarity with which we understand the role we’re playing — and how that clarity has shaped our vision.

⭐️ Mission

To make the Bitcoin job market transparent, human-centered, data-driven, and accessible — so Bitcoin Professionals can build meaningful careers, and Bitcoin companies can find talent that truly understands and contributes to the mission.

⭐️ Vision

A global resource platform and digital Bitcoin Circular Economy for careers — where talent and sats flow, and people thrive doing work they believe in.

We are not just a job platform. We are not recruiters or headhunters.

We’re building infrastructure for:

Bitcoin companies looking for truly Bitcoin-aligned talent

Bitcoin Professionals seeking meaningful, mission-driven work

Investors who want to understand where talent and innovation are moving

Journalists and researchers who need reliable Bitcoin job market data

Students and early-career Bitcoiners entering the ecosystem

And most importantly, we’re building this for the humans behind Bitcoin.

Without this human layer, the network doesn’t grow. Without talent, adoption doesn’t scale. Without people, Bitcoin is just code.

This report is our contribution to mapping that human landscape.

Inside, you’ll find the most complete Bitcoin job dataset we’ve produced so far — alongside new insights into hiring patterns, employer expectations, and the lived experience of Bitcoin Professionals navigating today’s job market.

View the Report Here We hope this report helps you — whether you’re hiring, job searching, investing, building, or researching — better understand the human side of Bitcoin’s growth.

Please share it with your friends in our industry!

With gratitude and excitement for the year ahead,

Anja Founder, Bitvocation

Free Bitcoin job feeds here and here: @Bitvocation Bot

Yesterday I tried transferring some Btc from my #Binance account ...

2026-01-26T09:42:48Z

Yesterday I tried transferring some Btc from my #Binance account to my hardware wallet. In previous instances, that worked. But yesterday the transaction was flagged as high likelihood of a scam. Outgoing transfers were blocked twice for an hour!

I searched for similar stories on Nostr during the last 30 days, but didn't find any. What is going on?

True. The Max 20x plan costs just as much as Cursor Ultra. But ...

2026-01-20T18:48:14Z

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True. The Max 20x plan costs just as much as Cursor Ultra. But the latter allows for all models.

Tough call. Probably depends whether I will be more productive with Cursor or OpenCode. Not sure about that. Have to experiment a lot, first.

Am I right that the implication of this is that retards with AIs ...

2026-01-20T15:03:44Z

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Am I right that the implication of this is that retards with AIs will win?

I think a hard fork is likely in this situation. The result would ...

2026-01-20T15:01:12Z

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I think a hard fork is likely in this situation. The result would be two different blockchains: Bitcoin Data (Bitcoin Core) and Bitcoin Money (Bitcoin Knots). Each of them would have a clearly defined role, keeping both of them relatively "pure". A lot of problems would arise from such a split, but it does make sense.

If we wanted everything to be located on a single blockchain, we would probably all end up on Ethereum PoW or something similar.

I hear you. Cursor has one interesting advantage though: If you ...

2026-01-20T14:24:29Z

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I hear you. Cursor has one interesting advantage though: If you get the Ultra subscription, you get twice the amount of credits per $, so you go all out on rapid prototyping with premium models.

So, I see myself ending up using a combination of Cursor and Opencode, depending on what I am trying to build during the respective month. After all, paying for Ultra every month feels wasteful.

Just found this old post, and think that it's still relevant. ...

2026-01-19T14:18:00Z

Just found this old post, and think that it's still relevant.

Do you think the situation on Nostr has changed since back then? Are there any new insights?

quoting
naddr1qv…9zfj

The concept of value of value is one where information yearns to flow freely, transactions should be voluntary, unlimited and direct. In V4V model, people pay what something is worth to them.

Sounds great. On paper. There are some issues…

Free sucks

At least, that’s the perception. People don’t assign much value to free. Ask anyone who has ever ran any business and has not suggested a value for a product or service and they’ll tell you that they earned far less than when charging for the thing.

It’s true, some people will give a lot, some a little, and most none. Most - none. None.

Pricing is Signal

Pricing is a signal of desirability and quality. Of course, it is often incorrect and people manipulate pricing all the time. But for the most part, people don’t see much value in free. Unless a recommended price is offered, people will usually pay nothing. This is not a great model to thrive on if you spend years of your life acquiring knowledge and turning it into products that nobody ultimately buys.  I have very personal experience with free. I’ve created and sold digital products and ran many pricing experiments myself. The highest priced products usually generated the most revenue. Surprise! The middle cost product (same product, just priced less) decimated the revenue stream. When set to 0 (even with a suggested minimum price), I generated almost no revenue at all.

None of this is surprising. Pricing acts as a psychological anchor. “You get what you pay for” is ingrained in our brains whether we think about it or not.

People are clueless

The issue with price is that most people don’t have a clue what anything is worth. The only time people have any rough idea of what they should pay for something is when they have already purchased that thing in the past. But, introduce something they have never before purchased and they won’t have a single clue about what to pay. Take for example a set of professional photos of you and your family. Unless you’ve been to a photo studio in the last 5 years, you probably won’t have a single clue what that package of photos is worth. Does that mean the product is worthless? Of course not, but people don’t know what to pay.

In a value for value model, the absence of price makes it super difficult to determine the value of anything. You may take some social cues from previous payments from other people, but this could backfire for the content creator.

Suppose I created a UI framework that saved developers hundreds of hours. In theory, I should be able to charge at least a few hours’ worth of value for this product. If the developer’s time is valued at $100/hour, a $200 price for a product that saves you $2000 worth of time seems very justifiable. Not only do you get to use it once, but you can re-use the product for ALL future projects and employment.

Now, remove the price and see what people pay. Absolutely nothing. You may have a few people who pay $200 voluntarily, but it’s highly unlikely The vast majority will pay nothing, and some may “tip” in the 5-$60 range. Anything that approaches a $100 mark is seen as a purchase. Hey, I don’t make the rules, I just see what other founders have figured out long ago and combine with my own observations. Don’t kill the messenger.

Free is Expensive

If I am accurate in my assessment and recall my personal experiences accurately, then the majority of people who consume your value will do so for free. When that content is a product, you may end up spending a lot of time on supporting the thing that is not generating any revenue. You don’t want to be rude and ignore people so you’ll probably spend your valuable time answering questions and helping them troubleshoot issues. All of that time adds up. Startup founders who offer free tiers or near free tiers of services learn very quickly that free customers are the most painful and demanding. You are basically forced to charge just to avoid dealing with demanding people who expect everything for nothing.

Free is Noise

Price is not just a request for value, but it acts as a feedback signal for future content. If you have no idea what people are paying for, it’s difficult to know if what you create is worth anything. A situation where the vast majority of your content is consumed for free yield a lot of noise.

Well, why not focus on the people who pay? You certainly could, but it ends up being a tiny fraction of the sample size you could have had if you actually charged something up front.

Lack of forecasting

Businesses rely on predictible revenue. Forecasting is necessary for all sorts of decisions if you work with anyone but yourself. It helps with purchasing decision (expenses) and with planning of future products. Value for value makes it impossible to know what your revenue will be next month as you just have no idea if everyone pays nothing or a lot.

V4V could make you uncompetitive

In a model where one person charges a fixed price and the other is relying on the good will of the people to "see the value" in their work, the person with predictible revenue will most likely win out in a competitive environment - enabling them to get ahead of you and your business. They will have an easier time planning further content / products and hiring people to scale the business even further.

It’s not all hopeless

That’s not to say that I don’t like the idea of value for value. Of course I only want people to pay if they find the thing useful. The issue is that people may not know the thing is useful until they’ve already acquired it. At that point who is going back to pay for the thing they already got for free? Few to none.

Value for value may work. For some.

I’m not saying value for value doesn’t work sometimes, for some people. It is entirely possible that a person earns a living on v4v transactions. However, I think for that to be true there may be other factors at play such as social standing, personal brand, influence, likability, status within a community. The vast majority of creators do not fall into this category and will just struggle.

I’m cautiously optimistic about V4V and hope it works out at scale. But as it stands, I have not seen much evidence that it actually pays the bills. Yes, there has been some support for podcasts on Fountain, but it is unclear whether it is just as or more significant than traditional transaction model.

“Information is not scarce” is irrelevant

There’s some notion that information yearns to be free and cannot be scarce by nature. I think this may be a false argument from the start. When we purchase digital things, we are not paying for scarcity - it’s totally irrelevant. We pay for the experience and the feeling we get from that thing. In fact, the same is probably true for physical products (with the added benefit of personal sustenance). I don’t go into the grocery store to buy a dinner and fork over the money because it’s scarce. I pay because I’m hungry. There’s utility and there’s pleasure and fulfillment. If I’m having a dinner with friends, there’s also fun. Unless I am totally misunderstanding the argument, I’m not sure how it applies.

In Summary

Value 4 value may work at scale, but remains to be seen

It could be great fun money but not serious enough to pay the bills (for most of us)

Sounds good on paper but we humans have our own ways of thinking about value and what it's worth

May work well for people who build a personal brand or have status in a community

As always I look forward to your thoughts. Let me know if I’m overlooking something or should consider some point of view in more depth.

#v4v

Yeah, definitely have to check that out. What's your ...

2026-01-19T09:18:05Z

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Yeah, definitely have to check that out. What's your preferred way of using opencode?

Today I experimented with agentic development with Cursor after ...

2026-01-18T18:15:10Z

Today I experimented with agentic development with Cursor after purchasing a Pro+ subscription costing $60 US, which pays for $60 US of tokens. The overall experience was relatively good, but checking the usage list made me think again whether Pro+ would suffice for any large project work.

Claude 4.5 Sonnet is really good, but burns $ at a rather rapid pace. For easy tasks, the custom AI agent Composer 1 by Cursor is rather sufficient.

Also, having long-winded sessions seems to push costs upwards due to ever increasing context.

Letting a second agent review what the first agent did and a third agent implement the requested fixes reduced costs to $0.50 for those steps. Compared to the roughly $20 I spent on the actual coding and debugging, that's a bargain. It was just about refactoring a small project to use a different library as dependency.

In the end, I didn't need to check the documentations of those libraries. But I needed to check the output of those agents very closely. They tend to drop functionality, if they feel it's difficult to maintain it!

#ai #dev

This is deeply fascinating! Economics seems to explain even more ...

2026-01-18T17:56:52Z

This is deeply fascinating! Economics seems to explain even more than just the parts of politics we usually think about. Long read, but really worth it!

quoting
naddr1qv…amuk

Kowloon Walled City stands as history's most extraordinary proof that spontaneous order needs no architect. Within six acres of legal limbo between British Hong Kong and Communist China, 35,000 people built a functioning society that confounded every prediction of social science. Local residents governed through informal networks that emerged from daily practice: property norms allocated scarce space and vertical density; contractual exchange—from rent agreements to workshop leases—coordinated competing uses; reciprocal obligation and community enforcement replaced state adjudication. Dentists operated next to noodle shops, workshops hummed above kindergartens. Residents navigated the dense vertical city through informal networks of trust and repeated interaction.

The marvel lies in what economic theory calls spontaneous order—systems that function through accumulated decisions made by residents. Kowloon's residents created order by cooperating, trading, innovating, and solving problems at scale. The space itself generated conditions where complexity emerged from millions of individual choices adapting to local conditions as they appeared. Hayek's insight applies with particular force: central coordination breaks down at Kowloon's density and velocity. The organizational intricacy that emerged from repeated interaction among ordinary people solving local problems exceeds what any planner could design, let alone sustain across time and changing circumstances.

This principle extends far beyond economics. Price signals and voluntary exchange generate the distributed knowledge necessary for production; reciprocal obligation and local experimentation generate the distributed knowledge necessary for governance. The kehillah of medieval Jewish communities, the favelas of Rio, the townships of South Africa, the slums of Mumbai, and the qintars of contemporary Baghdad all demonstrate this pattern: order emerges from within, visible to residents through the layers of obligation and informal authority that coordinate daily life. Formal institutions typically approach these spaces as disorder—as absence of the top-down architecture they recognize. Embedded reciprocity and distributed authority remain opaque to outside observers, mistakable for the chaos they are not.

Hell yeah, why not? I already just followed you recently!

2026-01-18T09:45:02Z

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Hell yeah, why not? I already just followed you recently!

Wow, finally zapping via Primal (or anywhere on Nostr) via NWC ...

2026-01-14T17:00:53Z

Wow, finally zapping via Primal (or anywhere on Nostr) via NWC worked for me. The last days I thought I had distributed a dozen zaps or so. I still don't know what the underlying issue was. A combination of creating a new NWC connection, deleting the old one, and opening Primal in a new tab finally did the trick.

I don't know how I should feel about that. My feelings are quite mixed. My general user experience with Nostr has been one of much confusion and frustration. On the other hand, I feel some elation about finally having mastered the basics.

It would have been nice to add the URL to the note directly. For ...

2026-01-14T09:53:41Z

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It would have been nice to add the URL to the note directly.

For readers: It's https://syncstr.shakespeare.wtf/

This technology seems quite useful for many applications running ...

2026-01-14T09:26:42Z

This technology seems quite useful for many applications running on the #nostr network!

quoting
naddr1qv…ln93

Nostr's distributed architecture is a feature, not a bug. No central server harvesting your data. No single point of failure. No corporate gatekeeper deciding what you can post or who can see it. Events flow across hundreds of independent relays, replicated unevenly based on where users publish and subscribe.

But this design creates a surprising challenge: How do you get network-wide analytics when there's no central server?

Each relay sees only a fraction of the network. Events spread unevenly—some relays hold millions of events, others just thousands, and the overlap between them varies wildly. Questions that any centralized platform could answer instantly become genuinely hard. How many people use Nostr? What content is popular? How healthy is the network overall?

Take a simple question: How many daily active users does Nostr have? On a traditional platform, this is trivial—count the sessions. On Nostr, we can't see people browsing. No login event, no session tracking. We can only count users who publish something. So "daily publishing users" on the dashboard will always look lower than centralized services report. I'm measuring people creating, not lurking.

When I talk to people about this, the reaction is the same: everyone wants data, but nobody has done the work to get a complete picture. Most assume it's too big a problem—one you'll never quite solve. But the Pareto principle applies. We'll never get a perfect view of the network, but a very good picture is within reach.

Before Pensieve, most people relied on stats.nostr.band. But that project isn't open source, so there's no visibility into how those numbers are calculated. Over time, I found myself trusting those metrics less and less. I wanted something transparent.

Introducing Pensieve and Nostr Stats

I built an open-source solution: Pensieve, an archive-first Nostr indexer that aggregates data across relays, and Nostr Stats, a public dashboard that visualizes network health.

Pensieve isn't just another indexer. It solves the aggregation problem: pulling events from across the network, deduplicating them, validating them, and storing them both for the long-term and for analytics uses. The stats dashboard sits on top, but is just one way of making the data accessible.

How Pensieve Works

I took an archive-first approach. Rather than piping everything directly into an analytics database, Pensieve first stores canonical events in compressed archive files using a format called notepack. Notepack was created by @jb55 and is a fast and highly compressable binary data format for nostr events. Why the extra step? Durability and portability. These archives can be backed up, shared with researchers who need historical data, or used to bootstrap a new instance. They're the source of truth.

Only validated, deduplicated events make it into the archive. Events get checked for valid signatures and proper formatting before they're stored—garbage doesn't get in.

Pensieve pulls data from multiple sources:

Live relay streaming with intelligent relay selection, maintaining persistent connections to relays and receiving events as they're published

Historical backfills from JSONL and protobuf archives—I've already processed over a terabyte and a half of historical data, including the full archives from Primal's relay

Automatic relay discovery via NIP-65, finding new relays as users update their relay lists

Negentropy syncing with the Damus relay for efficient event reconciliation

That last one deserves an explanation.

Imagine you have a million events and a relay has a million events. How do you figure out which ones you're each missing? The naive approach: request everything and deduplicate locally. But that's expensive—you're transferring vast amounts of data you already have.

Negentropy, created by @Doug Hoyte, solves this elegantly. It's a set-reconciliation protocol based on range-based comparison. Both sides compute short fingerprints (hashes) of the event IDs within a given range. If the fingerprints match, those ranges are identical—no need to check individual events. If they differ, the range gets subdivided and compared again, recursively narrowing down to just the events that are actually different.

The result: Pensieve asks for only the IDs it's missing. No redundant transfers. And when a relay connection drops, negentropy lets Pensieve catch up efficiently on everything that was published while it was disconnected—no need to re-fetch the entire history.

I also built a relay quality scoring system. The logic is simple: not all relays are equally valuable for data collection. Some relays surface events I've never seen before. Others mostly send duplicates of what I already have. Some stay online reliably; others drop connections constantly.

The scoring system tracks all of this—novel event rates, connection success, uptime—and dynamically prioritizes which relays to focus on. Resources flow toward relays that consistently deliver unique data. It's naive right now, but even simple heuristics help when you're trying to efficiently cover a network of hundreds of relays.

ClickHouse is the secret weapon here. It's a column-oriented database built for real-time analytics on massive datasets. Traditional row-based databases struggle when you ask questions like "how many unique users published each day for the last year?"—they have to scan entire rows even when you only need two columns. ClickHouse stores data by column, so aggregation queries that touch billions of events come back in milliseconds. It's open source, battle-tested at companies like Cloudflare and Uber, and designed exactly for the kind of time-series analytics dashboards need. When you're slicing and dicing millions of Nostr events by kind, by timestamp, by author—ClickHouse doesn't break a sweat.

I built it in Rust for a reason. When you're processing terabytes of messy, inconsistent data—files with invalid formats, malformed tags, events that claim to be from January 1970—you need a system that's both fast and reliable. Rust gives you both. Its memory safety and type system mean that once the code compiles, you've got a pretty good sense it's going to be stable. Edge cases get handled. The program doesn't crash at 3am on a Sunday.

What You Can See Today

The dashboard is live at stats.andotherstuff.org. Here's what you can explore:

Publishing users tracked over time (excluding ephemeral keys)

New user growth and retention patterns

Event kind distribution: see what types of content dominate the network

Zaps and Lightning activity: real money flowing through Nostr

Relay distribution from NIP-65 data, showing which relays users prefer

Time-series charts for all metrics, letting you spot trends

One insight that surprised me: the sheer number of users with dead relays still listed in their relay preferences. If you haven't checked your relay list lately, now might be a good time.

The data tells the story of a nascent network. New user numbers are noisy—there are plenty of ephemeral keys and profiles that never get filled out, which might be bots or might be people who tried Nostr once and bounced. There's work ahead to prove Nostr's value to a broader audience.

But that's exactly the point. Seeing real numbers—honest, transparent, calculated from verifiable data—is what the community needs to make good decisions about where to build next. No more guessing. No more trusting opaque metrics from closed systems.

What's Next and Getting Involved

Pensieve is currently live-streaming roughly one million events per day into the system. The historical data goes back to what I call "Nostr genesis"—the creation of @fiatjaf 's original design document—and I've already backfilled archives from Primal.

I'm looking for more historical data. If you're a relay operator with archives, I'd love to backfill from your data. The easiest format: JSONL files (one event per line), compressed with standard compression (gzip, zstd, etc.). Send me the files or share a link, and I'll handle the rest.

On the roadmap: deeper event kind breakdowns, more relay analytics, and eventually a BI tool that would let researchers run custom queries against the full dataset. I'd also like to see multiple Pensieve instances running, tuned for different geographical regions or relay types, with negentropy syncing between them to ensure comprehensive coverage.

The code is fully open source:

Pensieve: github.com/andotherstuff/pensieve

Nostr Stats: github.com/andotherstuff/nostr-stats

For developers who want to contribute: the relay discovery and quality scoring system needs work. The current heuristics are naive, and there's room to make them smarter. I'd also love to expand how we're using negentropy syncing and sync with more relays.

Built as part of And Other Stuff, an open-source collective focused on public infrastructure for Nostr. Having a large analytics data source doesn't just serve researchers—it opens the door to services like aggregation APIs that let client developers get fast counts on followers, likes, and replies. That's the kind of shared infrastructure this network needs.

Check out the live dashboard at stats.andotherstuff.org, explore the code, and if you've got historical data to share—reach out.

The idea of quantifying trust as threshold amount of money you ...

2026-01-13T16:14:15Z

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The idea of quantifying trust as threshold amount of money you expect someone to embezzle or not embezzle is quite innovative. But in a pseudonymous context large amounts of trust can only be reasonably established via reputation or personal trust.

While the idea of personal trust and its implications of transitive trust are the subject of web of trust systems, I have been thinking about decentralized reputation system for quite a while - shortly after the emergence of Bitcoin in fact.

I have developed a theoretical reputation system called Quantified Prestige, which is based on quantified esteem attributions. Only rather recently, I realized that Nostr provides a suitable basis for this system in a decentralized context. Those esteem attributions can easily be implemented as custom Nostr messages. It's just aggregation across relays and Sybil protection that require some relatively elaborate mechanisms.

The result is indeed "merely" a reputation score, but as a global starting point for interactions with unknown pseudonymous actors that's certainly a good starting point.

Here is a recent introduction to Quantified Prestige: https://yakihonne.com/article/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzqn3rp2esmvczf7md3vmemc2u82mxwjzsttag8scc0g2myhz9cujfqy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qq4w4352dj2w3gxunm2g364s6zpwfexjjm6tqt2dsd9

Linking my #introduction article: ...

2026-01-13T14:05:01Z

Linking my #introduction article:

https://primal.net/e/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzqn3rp2esmvczf7md3vmemc2u82mxwjzsttag8scc0g2myhz9cujfqq25z4632uux26n9ffzhxan5f34rw6r0wpuh5rjm0gn

It seems to me that articles need to get mentioned in notes to reach significant attention. Anyway, the #nostr learning curve is still quite steep in 2026.

This approach is similar to the ideas I had for Quantified ...

2026-01-13T13:28:47Z

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This approach is similar to the ideas I had for Quantified Prestige. In the basic version of that system there are only esteem points to be allocated to others. But I considered adding "special esteem" to the "general esteem", which would allow for rather specific contextual information about the implied reputation.

Here is a recent general introduction of Quantified Prestige: https://yakihonne.com/article/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzqn3rp2esmvczf7md3vmemc2u82mxwjzsttag8scc0g2myhz9cujfqy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qq4g9t4z4ecv44x2jj9wdm8gnr2xa5x7ure0gd34djq

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I guess there's some confusion here, as you mentioned ...

"Unilateral exits typically require 144 confirmations to ...

Bitboard Wallet version 0.3.4 is out now. It mostly focuses on ...

Bitboard Wallet already supports that. The app is still in early ...

Bitboard Wallet version 0.3.2 and 0.3.3 were bug fix releases ...

Sounds like zaps should use Ark. Ark removes the hassle of ...

#Bitboard Wallet 0.3.1 was just released. Now the wallet supports ...

I just noticed that the Bitcoin symbol had one line instead of ...

Cool, but it feels like 20 functioning users per functioning ...

#Bitboard Wallet 0.3 now can do #Ark via Arkade. Wanted to ...

Your answers are shockingly compact.

Ah, so how is that ensured?

How do you measure controversial? By the number of people who ...

Aha, zero fees, but everyone has to do PoW? Do you really want to ...

I transitioned to focus more on the 4 year moving average. ...

Does sovereignty expire or why is there a date of expiry?

You could have also used a Bitcoin wallet that was created using ...

#Bitboard Wallet v 0.2.0 is available. Now you can unlock the new ...

Bitboard was intended as onboarding wallet / tool for Bitcoin and ...

#Bitboard Wallet version 0.1.8 comes with some UI improvements: * ...

I get the impression that sometimes also calling people you agree ...

A feverish vision of the future

"On-chain zaps, however, will "lock" your nsec to a ...

I have reflected on this. The proper privacy stance towards ...

R$ are now supported in version 0.1.7. You have to set the ...

Version 0.1.7 of #Bitboard Wallet now supports conversion to more ...

Handling raw WIF in the era of descriptor wallets feels kinda ...

Interesting. Where did you pull that data from?

I went with the currencies that were all supported by the most ...

#Bitboard Wallet 0.1.6 now comes with fiat currency conversion ...

Yeah, it's interesting to see what traffic spikes can do. ...

#Bitboard Wallet 0.1.5 now includes fee rate estimates pulled ...

#Bitboard Wallet 0.1.4 comes with minor UI improvements - most ...

Bitboard Wallet 0.1.3 now supports "amountless" Lightning ...

Under certain conditions persistent sync errors could appear ...

My interests and efforts have been mostly divided between ...

Setting up an edge proxy server was not a trivial task. Lots of ...

The Esplora sync issues are finally fixed in #Bitboard Wallet ...

If you try the live Bitboard Wallet app ...

Nice. Will be there, too. Built https://bitboard-wallet.com ...

Good point. I'll have to move that from "Features" to ...

It's a PWA. Have you followed the "Install App" ...

Just released v0.1.0 of Bitboard Wallet: ...

There's a new Bitcoin PWA wallet in town: **Bitboard Wallet** ...

boring

Currently working on an educational Bitcoin wallet: ...

Done

I just committed my Cursor rules to my portfolio base repository. ...

Soul draining industrialism

My canonical head cannon is $1M, because then 1 sat = 1 cent. ...

OpenFang looks like it's definitely one of the best ...

My flight to Bitcoin Conference 2026 in Las Vegas starts in ...

Should be continued with headache and paranoia.

Getting into Rust and "clean agentic development" as I ...

I was quite fond of mathematical logic and associated fields like ...

Technically, radivis.com is my homepage, but I haven't posted ...

I just found out that Claude 4.5 Sonnet is remarkably bad at ...

I feel like I've hit the current limit of agentic development ...

Really fascinating and useful report! Especially for those who ...

This year, our work took us deeper into the human side of Bitcoin careers.

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⭐️ Vision

Yesterday I tried transferring some Btc from my #Binance account ...

True. The Max 20x plan costs just as much as Cursor Ultra. But ...

Am I right that the implication of this is that retards with AIs ...

I think a hard fork is likely in this situation. The result would ...

I hear you. Cursor has one interesting advantage though: If you ...

There's a new Bitcoin PWA wallet in town: Bitboard Wallet ...