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https://fountain.fm/episode/TAHteNQ1i2daprSnuffk

These days, I tend to only find time to engage with Nostr when on holiday. That’s sort of just life, nowadays, but also a symptom of the fact that there are zero products to create daily engagement. For example:

1. Nothing new in social. Nostr does not have the social graph to compete, so it has to be innovation or games that drive engagement. There’s no innovation, and there are no games of note.

2. Productivity tools. This could be significant, but no one in Nostr seems to give a shit, because it’s just a big Bitcoin echo chamber.

3. Creator economy. Also could be good, but every project I see goes down some weird psychodrama path where there’s too much obsession with key ownership, anonymity or some other area that isn’t the problem a creator economy platform is meant to solve.

The protocol is not the app. Are you working on the protocol, or are you creating an app?

So many parallels with the Bitcoin ecosystem (unsurprisingly) as well.

Nostr clients still suck. Primal got worse, not better.

Everything a poor twitter clone isn’t the way forward.

Exciting projects: White Noise (stalled? No one cares?), NostrVPN, diVine (bad name, bad launch), zapstream, GitHub replacements… Nostr as “more-than-socials” basically.

The medium/substack clones aren’t a big enough market.

👀

I’m looking for founders in Bitcoin looking at the creator economy, agentic payments and B2B fintech.

If this resonates, hit me up. DM, X, Telegram, wherever.

It gets better and better!

🤘April 30, Old Blue Last, Fountain Live. DO NOT MISS IT! Open Bar and great music.

https://fountain.fm/episode/C2rNmBA6faK2wzlXU6SR

your spark wallet upgrade totally f’d the UX for the dozens of us that use NWC. Borked.

Literally no one is discussing the fact that Soulwax came storming back to form and fucking crushed a tour.

WHEN DID WE FAIL OURSELVES

https://open.spotify.com/track/0mJpqRwSyC44rJfYZn4If0

Mood.

👀 New music alert!

I’m not sure what artist etiquette is on favourite children, but this is the track I’ve been most excited to put out for some time.

Enjoy!

Something happened on the day he died; Spirit rose a metre and stepped aside; Somebody else took his place, and bravely cried: I'm a blackstar, I'm a blackstar!

it would be extremely helpful if the app could automatically pull in runs/exercise from Apple Health, Garmin, and other fitness trackers.

Have faith: we are back.

The Steam Deck is such a great device. I play so much more. Completed Dishonored (2012) last night—what a great game.

Terrific podcast. The work

are doing to ensure artists are paid fairly is tremendous. 👏

https://fountain.fm/episode/75ezEFrfCkTbou6AwiDA

The pace of my first run after Christmas.

OK

let’s go.

This is absolutely accurate and something I personally push for: whether you’re curious or skeptical, download it and run it before you buy it.

Whatever device is to follow the smartphone cannot come soon enough.

New music. Next week.

V4V exclusive thereafter.

Given how cultural trends cycle (mine loved everything 80s, Gen Z loves everything 90s), I’d guess we’re going to see the resurgence of indie rock and emo in about 5-7 years.

Vibe https://open.spotify.com/track/1xsEHo7mtGZLEG94vFX11z

Botstr…

Genuinely asking: what’s the best iOS nostr client now?

1,000,000%

so I launched Antidote and didn’t tell nostr… yikes

London has a Bitcoin hub.

antidotebtc.com

Jehnny Beth goes from strength to strength. Fucking sick.

None of the iOS nostr apps are good for multiple account management… right?

What’s hot in v4v music right now?

🎧

Have faith.

https://open.spotify.com/track/5YniFjdw9nU8jCzvWlVVQC

Trent Reznor is now 60 years old. 😬

The arrogance displayed in the complete ignorance of Marie Antoinette’s “let them eat cake” was what so enraged the masses.

https://gizmodo.com/marc-andreessen-says-one-job-is-mostly-safe-from-ai-venture-capitalist-2000596506

Another glorious day for inglorious music. https://open.spotify.com/track/67MkU3b7k2fBL6oHHUiM09

It’s beautifully sunny outside so I’m listening to Slint. https://open.spotify.com/track/6zWbR4y3nTpXQ2YvXwvf56

Nice piece (paywall): https://www.ft.com/content/5d06bbb4-0034-493b-8b0d-5c0ab74bedef

There’s something deeply depressing about a song whose chorus is belting out “I want to be forever young” over a generic pounding dance beat.

Bluesky is shit.

This is why scaling custodially can be acceptable today. We should drive usage; it’s good. Not everyone can own a UTXO.

The trick with AI seems to be establishing baseline user need and then picking the right model for the job & charging for it.

3 tracks coming soon… https://theholyhour.faith

Wail, scream, cry and shout All in search of some way out I am just an imitation Someone else’s machination

The free-banking has begun.

I feel ready to re-engage with social media. I have words I can articulate; le jeu, blasé, se met comfortable et se laisse passer.

But where to even start? Nowhere is cool anymore.

🌞 Vibes 🌞

Disgraceful. https://news.sky.com/story/apple-removes-advanced-security-tool-over-uk-government-row-13314003

How does it feel To treat me like you do? When you’ve laid your hands upon me And told me who you are.

It’s 2025 and it’s still very difficult to find people on Nostr.

I wish my thoughts and insights were a bit more whimsical, but life gets so grown-up.

I miss David Lynch’s weather reports already. I remember listening to them on KROQ in LA back in 2006/7.

Such a little slice of bizarre delight for almost 20 years.