BTC Map September 2026 Update
234 net new merchants, a talk in Helsinki and a new Android release.
Welcome To Nostr. Jumpstart Your Nostr Feed: A Curated List
New to Nostr? It can be tricky to know where to begin. This carefully curated list offers a jumpstart to your feed, featuring a selection of highly active and engaging voices. Discover content spanning Bitcoin, privacy, insightful thoughts, art, memes, travel and much more - a solid foundation to explore the broader Nostr ecosystem. Think of this as a launchpad: Follow these accounts, then let your curiosity guide you to discovering even more through interactions and shared connections.
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Kind 1 Replies Should Be Comments, Even Though It Breaks Things
Replies to Nostr notes are moving from kind 1 to NIP-22 kind 1111 comments. It breaks things, and the people pushing back have real points. I went through the specs, the client code and the relay data. It's still worth doing, as long as we do it deliberately.
Build an Android app. Keep your real name out of it.
Build and share a modest Android app under a chosen identity using phone-operated agents, encrypted messaging, ecash, and project-specific signing keys.
Prince Was a Nostrich
In high school I mocked Prince for changing his name to a symbol. At Paisley Park last weekend I finally got it. Own your name. Own your work. Own your money. No gatekeepers. That's the Bitcoin ethos. That's the Nostr ethos. Prince would have been one of us.
Apollo's chief economist is asking whether AI agents could trigger a bank run...
Apollo's chief economist is asking whether AI agents could trigger a bank run by moving people's money out of low-yield checking accounts into better options automatically. That's a real concern for ...
Opal: Nostr in Your Omarchy Bar
There was no Nostr signer for the Linux desktop, so every app and script wanted my nsec. Opal is a small daemon and a gem in the Omarchy bar that keeps the key in the keyring, signs for apps under rules I set, and brings notifications and status along.
Carnelian: Publish to Nostr Straight from Omawrite
I write in Omawrite now. Carnelian adds a Publish to Nostr entry to the Omarchy Share menu that uploads my images to Blossom, signs the article through Opal, and sends it to my own relays. One key, one dialog, done.
Plebeian Update: Fresh on the tables
Art, music, and handmade goods while the old platforms keep taking more...
Keep the Customer
On a rented shop they own the list. A stall you sign is yours. The person who bought from you is still your person.
The Summer of 3D Bold Colors
This summer marked the beginning of a new chapter for BitPopArt: 3D Pop Art in bold, colorful forms.
Diesel hit a record $6.
Diesel hit a record $6.51/gal nationally today. That matters because diesel moves goods and runs the heavy equipment you need to build things. Hard to get excited about reindustrializing the country ...
PopArt in Arnhem, The Netherlands
For a month, I was busy creating artworks for the Noderunners event in Arnhem, including the big neon artwork, the Community Card artwork print, and the “We All Go to Jail” BitcoinTaps Wall.
POP MAG 4 - NEON POP
Five years deep into the BitPopArt style and things just got messier (in the best way).
Pop Mag 3 - Noderunners
The third issue NODERUNNERS is out right on the 21st like always.
Pop Mag 2 - Pop Art
The second issue of POP MAG just dropped, and this one is all about the thing that started it all: pop art.
The Atlanta Fed's GDPNow model is projecting 5.
The Atlanta Fed's GDPNow model is projecting 5.1% annualized real growth for Q3. Strongest quarter since the end of 2021. Worth discounting though. Inventories are adding roughly two percentage point...
The AI doomerism playbook is a copy-paste of COVID.
The AI doomerism playbook is a copy-paste of COVID. Bill Gates is back talking about international organizations to manage the next crisis. Swap "pandemic" for "AI" and you have the same pitch. He w...
Fundraising that can’t be deplatformed, now on any website
Agora campaigns can now live anywhere on the web. Pick a widget, preview it live, paste the code, and visitors donate Bitcoin without leaving your page. Here’s how.
