After talking with @Princey21M in Prague, I realized Bitcoin Core v30’s OP_RETURN policy change isn’t obvious to many: it didn’t create large OP_RETURN usage, it reacted to usage that already existed by removing a gate that wasn’t actually working.

one of the coolest things about being on Alby Hub is that thanks to the interoperability of the nostr protocol and the NWC protocol, Second just essentially integrated Bark with a massive ecosystem of nostr enabled applications at once. keep building.

my both exes are from Łódź and Bydgoszcz and my life is as Inland Empire as it gets

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And then it created an Alby Go app connection for me 🔥 Powered by Alby Hub Skill: github.com/getAlby/hub-skill

Your agent can also setup your @getAlby hub with a @secondhq bark backend and create @nwc_dev connections for you! Use your favorite agent, Claude, Codex, etc. Here I used Pi agent with a local LLM.

You can now run the flagship NWC wallet — Alby Hub — with Bark (Ark Layer 2). No need to maintain your channels anymore (If you don't want to!)🐝

🐶 Woof woof

wifi mesh merged in bitchat android most androids only support 1 wifi connection per device. if you have a device that supports more, send feedback! compile it yourself or wait for a release github.com/permissionlesstec…

the path to hyperbitcoinization is constant rugs until most people self custody

magic - just sent some shielded sats to my @arkade_os wallet over the lightning network. tx details below first time i've sent over LN with our new toy very pumped

SUCCESS! Paying bitcoin on a @Square terminal in the wild! I really enjoy these personal stories about trying to pay with bitcoin IRL -- persistence pays off! Great job @getAlby! stacker.news/items/1504239

I like how @SuperTestnet clarified that BIP-148 had far more economic support than BIP-110 but one aspect that often gets overlooked in this conversation is how SegWit itself had even more support...nearly all the network, aside from Coinbase, Bitmain, and Roger Ver, supported the miner activation of SegWit and were already running SegWit enforcing Core v0.13.1 nodes before the UASF client was released. So it wasn't just the UASF nodes that pushed things through, it was the fact that nearly everyone else also wanted it too (but just weren't willing to push it through with a UASF). They wanted it activated via BIP-9 but that wasn't working because Bitmain opposed it. BIP-110'ers either don't know this history or conveniently leave it out of the narrative they paint because they want you to think that SegWit was a controversial change back in 2017 when the truth is, the super majority of users wanted it and were running clients that would enforce it once activated. SegWit support was lightyears ahead of RDTS support.

Anonymous cash for Bitcoin Lightning at nearly all Polish ATMs. And that’s not all—you can pay with Bitcoin Lightning literally everywhere in Poland! No KYC, no registration, via the Nostr provider. I love it when I come across new technology that gives (European) bureaucrats the middle finger, especially in a situation where they want to spy on and regulate you across the board. Most recently, I was this excited about a non-KYC project for exchanging stablecoins for fiat via peer.xyz/, which bypasses the dystopian centralized exchanges that have to do massive reporting due to EU regulations like DAC-8 and MiCA. In the case of BITBLIK, just like with peer.xyz, you’re doing decentralized P2P trading, so I assume no regulation applies to you (it doesn’t go through any intermediary). Today I came across a great Polish app called BITBLIK bitblik.app/, which connects the widely available BLIK system in Poland with Bitcoin Lightning. With Bitcoin Lightning, you can pay anonymously anywhere in Poland, withdraw cash anonymously from an ATM (which I just did!), or make online payments on Polish websites. BLIK is widely accepted (it’s supported by a network of over 13,000 ATMs across Poland and hundreds of thousands of merchants; according to AI, there are 87,000 of them). Install the bitblik.app/ app, launch it—no registration required, no KYC—enter an offer for how much you want to pay in PLN or how much you want to withdraw from an ATM. You’ll make a Bitcoin Lightning payment, which will be locked. Wait a minute or two until someone accepts your offer (the other party who has BLIK and wants Bitcoin Lightning). As soon as they do, a BLIK code will appear. It’s valid for about two minutes, so enter it at an ATM or at a terminal in a store or restaurant. After a successful payment, you confirm that you used the BLIK code, and the Lightning payment is credited to the recipient. Limits for BLIK payments vary by Polish ATM. ING Bank Śląski has the highest limit: 10,000 PLN per day (2,356 EUR), while mBank has a limit of 5,000 PLN per day (1,178 EUR). PKO BP allows BLIK transactions up to 1,500 PLN, but you can make up to 20,000 PLN (4,722 EUR) worth of transactions per day. And of course, those limits apply to the merchant. When various merchants accept your Lightning payments, you effectively have no limits—you’re only limited by the counterparty’s liquidity. BLIK is 100% open-source, so it can’t be banned! You can fork it and use it within your own closed community.

Viktoriia Roshchyna spent her career documenting the realities of Russia’s war. She died in Russian captivity.  Her case became one of the most powerful symbols of the risks faced by Ukrainian journalists reporting from occupied territories.  On Ukrainian Journalist Day, we remember Viktoriia and all those who remain imprisoned, missing, or deprived of their freedom for doing their job.  Their stories deserve to be told.

Let the @bitcoinfilmfest begin

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Wake up babe almost 20 new NWC apps/tools dropped

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