Ben Arc

₿engineer | Nostr is the everything app of freedom | lnbits.com | nostr.com | first nostr twitter clone maker

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2026-01-09 13:55:19 UTC

Forgot about this. Clearly electrocuting speakers on panels is bitcoins killer use case.
https://video.nostr.build/9f727355ab1d5ff5e1a639e1342438f7392f2d572288f4fb05fbeec0ecefd2d0.mp4

2025-12-23 16:04:33 UTC

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Wow, well done!

2025-12-22 16:08:59 UTC

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Thank youuuu for your contributions sir 🫡

2025-12-22 15:55:01 UTC

LNbits "v1.4 - DNI" released 🥳
This one's a biggie:
* Major frontend overhaul ✅
* Significant backend performance improvements ✅
Named after @dni. LNbits would not be the project it is today without the contributions of this incredible developer.
v1.4 is a MASSIVE achievement, thank you to all the contributors who made this possible 🙏
https://github.com/lnbits/lnbits/releases/tag/v1.4.0

2025-12-22 15:07:37 UTC

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Representative democracy yes. Foss is an edomocracy/direct-democracy.

2025-12-22 14:39:23 UTC

Fucking newbs.
We are lucky coming from bitcoin, and understanding pitfalls of something that seemingly makes sense, such as a "foundation". I don't think there has ever been an open protocol that became hardened against centralising forces more than bitcoin. It's a unique experience that equips us well for building something like nostr.
https://image.nostr.build/05ce2009e98b222c8ea478a33d8df349c4f65d7d826cfb0db77137b8136018dd.jpg
#nevent1q…hq9g

2025-12-22 14:28:36 UTC

When did the term "apolitical" become political?
https://lobste.rs/s/xzxetz/polyproto_refreshingly_simple#c_zxp1iy

2025-12-19 16:09:02 UTC

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There's already a few nips in the works.
@nprofile…dcp0 is lead on nostriot

2025-12-18 15:10:57 UTC

I couldn't agree more. Bitfest was a reboot of the sorts of events that first inspired me to work on bitcoin. No corp/political agendas, cliques or vip nonesense, just peers hanging and exchanging ideas.
#nevent1q…8fp3

2025-12-05 18:23:23 UTC

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It's all just so odd. Odder still how it managed to become status quo

2025-12-05 18:18:29 UTC

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It kinda comes from this. Having the stripe payments in the pos is useful as you can do things like sell bits to customers. That went through fine, however when someone bought "buy bitcoin" stamps from the webshop, stripe blacklisted us 🤣. Was first time I had to deal with "permissioned" system for a while, and it felt so odd. First time I zoomed out and look at just how backward flatland is for years. Thank God I live in bitcoinland where things make sense.

2025-12-05 18:06:42 UTC

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Fuck all banks. No trusted third parties!

2025-12-05 06:39:53 UTC

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Why?

2025-12-05 06:32:24 UTC

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Didn't work :(

2025-12-05 06:30:01 UTC

It’s so odd that for most jobs, you’re required to have a bank account so your employer can pay your hard-earned money into it, and then, by the bank’s good grace, you’re allowed to access the money you actually earned. While the private bank recklessly mismanages your money and surveils your spending. A weird and recent arrangement dressed up as normal and inevitable.
Fuck banks.

2025-12-03 21:53:19 UTC

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I think that's what I hate, that they think they can hypnotize people to get their way.

2025-12-03 21:52:10 UTC

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Hahaha

2025-12-03 21:51:47 UTC

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I can't, I want to kick them in the balls until they speak normally.

2025-12-03 21:50:46 UTC

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There are a few in our industry as well 👀

2025-12-03 21:50:04 UTC

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Yes!

2025-12-03 21:48:14 UTC

I hate that stupid soothing voice some ceo types cosplay. Like the mfs are doing some guided meditation, once you notice them do it, you can't stop.

2025-12-01 09:50:10 UTC

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Try this
https://shop.lnbits.com/product/nsec-remote-nostr-signer

2025-11-30 12:49:22 UTC

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Sounds like an reverse proxy issue on albyhubs side

2025-11-30 12:44:32 UTC

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Man oh man that's a delicious hoard 🤩

2025-11-28 07:38:59 UTC

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Beautiful! Although the remote signer is @nprofile…dcp0 baby

2025-11-24 09:18:50 UTC

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It was just refreshing. So many events these days are meh and souless, even tho there are so many. Bitfest reminded me why I love bitcoiners (actual weird lovely inspiring bitcoiners)

2025-11-24 08:18:21 UTC

Thank you organizers of #bitfest!
It was an absolutely cracking conference: speakers, attendees, venue, vibe, everything 👌 . No corp nonesense, just type of excellent peers that inspired me early on in #bitcoin.
Exactly what #bitcoin/#nostr needs.
Og style mf #bitfest 😍

2025-11-24 04:32:03 UTC

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Just make a simple client, if that's what you want, but I cant see how limiting protocol makes sense.

2025-11-23 20:56:29 UTC

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What are you talking about?
Nostr had dms very early on, and is incredibly useful for things like a marketplace where customers need to dm merchants.
Your being a technocrat

2025-11-23 20:53:26 UTC

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There's a little tiny scrap piece of metal in the museum, which they think is the only example of old British written down. They have no idea what it says of course.

2025-11-23 20:51:21 UTC

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Oooo, Bath! Lovely. Have fun

2025-11-23 02:50:42 UTC

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Dms are good, so are images, stop being a misery guts.

2025-11-21 11:12:05 UTC

@nprofile…q7kw convincing me that vibe coding is actually a good thing. I really liked his idea that early on the web expectations were lower so more people could build, now vibing makes building more accessible again 🤔
#bitfest
https://image.nostr.build/da429c0e8795201c9d45ad302a762b7e9a889648b1a81fdc629b06471c7d30d7.jpg

2025-11-21 10:57:19 UTC

Ace panel on podcasting at #nostrshire, with Shortfiat, Oscar, Avi.
Well done #bitfest for putting this together 🙌
https://image.nostr.build/0b02a41205284df026325406f40c56e5fea2df87db5d533361e99e033f63aa7c.jpg

2025-11-19 22:27:46 UTC

How does this only have 100 views?
Notzi nodes!
It's the naughtiest bitcoin song I think
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXpmSn0msPI

2025-11-19 17:03:42 UTC

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@nprofile…cy97 has done amazing work on this, she totally deserves any bounty that might exist for gh on nostr.
She's also a prolific contributor more generally in bitcoin 🙌

2025-11-19 16:59:11 UTC

This is the coolest thing! Wow
Well done @nprofile…cy97 🥳
#nevent1q…764g

2025-11-19 09:22:21 UTC

I'm so excited about #bitfest tomorrow. In a sea of bitcoin conferences it really has the vibe of one of those early conferences I loved so much.
https://bitfest.uk

2025-11-15 11:47:47 UTC

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Let me get a hit of that hopium

2025-11-13 21:14:33 UTC

Getting an email with spelling mistakes and bad punctuation is refreshingly human.

2025-11-10 15:17:44 UTC

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He's in adhd heaven, you're in autistic hell.

2025-11-09 20:27:02 UTC

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I met an actual Guru once at a party, was just chatting, and he suddebly did some weird Chakra shit out of nowhere. Felt all aligned and focused afterward, still do, was very odd. I used to think all that was mostly nonsense, but there is certainly something to it. Whole experience lasted less than a few minutes.

2025-11-09 20:16:00 UTC

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Did you know Welsh miners would pay literate children to read books and newspapers by candlelight while they worked. Og audiobooks. Partly why those mining communities had intelligentsia despite being down the pit 12hrs per day.

2025-11-09 20:09:46 UTC

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I had a flooded soakaway last week, that required days of digging through slimey stinky mud in the rain, but listening to 100s of Empire podcast I had a great old time.
I kinda think manual laborers will become new intelligentsia, many are plugged in learning in a way I can't do when building stuff on the computer.

2025-11-09 20:04:50 UTC

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Lnbits does. You can set time and eithdtaw limits. Subscriptuobs have always been a low hanging fruit with lnurl. If you accept more services will add caveat features.

2025-11-09 20:03:10 UTC

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All manual tasks are made fun with the right audiobook.

2025-11-09 19:13:51 UTC

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Also accept lnutlw. Thought for ages that would male a great subscription payment

2025-11-09 10:12:13 UTC

The tumult and the shouting dies;
The captains and the kings depart:
Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice,
An humble and a contrite heart.
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget—lest we forget!
https://image.nostr.build/cbad4f22e7ec2a06ff0fc77eb9d3ee7f2bb320fb1d8a993a51dd412fc06b153a.jpg

2025-11-08 16:53:15 UTC

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Are all your memes on a repo or something somewhere. I want a "Wall of Darth" at some conference or event.

2025-11-08 15:29:14 UTC

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It's interesting. I'm hopefull for ark as another tool in the toolset, but being principled like Justin on original goals is important, or else we compromise ourselves into just using rent seeking trusted third parties.

2025-11-08 03:55:07 UTC

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So could I somehow request a song and have someone post, napstr?

2025-11-07 20:30:54 UTC

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But yeah whatever. Stuff to build.

2025-11-07 20:29:33 UTC

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Erm, you're the one who went on a personal attack? I just pointed out some longstanding concerns, others also seem to be having, about the impact ecash culture has had on the bitcoin ecosystem, and corrected what you said above.

2025-11-07 20:25:44 UTC

I do love technical bitcoiners. Give any thread long enough, even some heated debate, and they'll start discussing some new great technical solution.
#nevent1q…5vnd

2025-11-07 20:17:02 UTC

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Well admitting that would be a start, yes. It does have use cases tho, and some pretty profound, despite Calle being a bit of a cunt. He's young tho, so whatever.

2025-11-07 20:14:13 UTC

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Lol. 2nd time he's done that today.
Crack on badboy. Or perhaps just take a breath and be a little more humble. Cashu isn't going to solve all of bitcoins problems, and that's okay to admit 👍
https://image.nostr.build/536004cccd12ed45a8d0b39fe1036bcb8b908b8c087479847247298546063d89.jpg

2025-11-07 20:01:17 UTC

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Huh? None of my critism of ecash on bitcoin involves that vulnerability. I've maintained the same critisms for years.

2025-11-07 14:57:25 UTC

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https://youtu.be/LPn0KFlbqX8

2025-11-07 11:06:28 UTC

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The real risk is losing your phone or it being compromised by being a multiuse device. The signer keeps your nsec safe and sound from an internet connection you trust, and only does one thing so attack vector is 100x limited.

2025-11-07 11:04:24 UTC

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Signer is a dumb device that works the same as bunker, apart from you run yourself from your own network.

2025-11-07 11:03:27 UTC

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What's up?

2025-11-07 11:02:53 UTC

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That's what the signer is, a small bunker device you run yourself and is dumb microcontroller to limit the attack vector

2025-11-07 10:53:42 UTC

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That amygdala response is usually telling in itself, certainly doesn't do them any favors. There is perhaps a place for ecash on bitcoin, would make a great solution for emerging countries nationstate soft currency production, but it's worth being candid on limitations.

2025-11-07 10:45:08 UTC

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That's pretty much my stance. Very much hope to be proved wrong.

2025-11-07 10:42:37 UTC

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https://image.nostr.build/91eb2478a92aa0797859140b072cb596548a31e614341887aad10ef7a16d9807.jpg

2025-11-07 10:34:26 UTC

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Also arguably currency producer, which puts you in liberty dollar territory.

2025-11-07 10:29:36 UTC

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That's been discussed a bunch. Lnurlws could be bearer for athe paid api call usecase. It's pretty interesting.

2025-11-07 09:46:57 UTC

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And you also know lnbits is designed for people to run themselves or for other people.
I'm not going to be pulled into some mud slinging nonesense.

2025-11-07 09:41:25 UTC

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You're talking about when lnbits was beta, which is why beta exists and all the disclaimers and warnings. Your response is the classic guns a blazing response in discussion.

2025-11-07 09:35:14 UTC

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Hahaha.
Looked at this, closed my phone, then hrs later took my phone out to show someone something and there was your mustacheod 1970s serial killer face, full screen 😂

2025-11-07 08:26:36 UTC

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There's an underfunded area channel management. Not as sexy as layer 3 but prob more important.

2025-11-07 08:25:26 UTC

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If you're running cashu in noncustodial way you still have the channel management pains.

2025-11-07 07:02:36 UTC

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How is payment experience of convoluted animated qr codes better than just connecting your node to zeus?

2025-11-07 06:53:15 UTC

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Its trying to get noncustodial upside on a custodial solution. Better to work on noncustodial scaling.
The whole point of bitcoin is no trusted third party.
There is a place for ecash on bitcoin, but it's in cypherpunk utopia where regulators don't care about private money issuance and privacy, until then it's leaving money on a darkmarket, where rugpull incentive just builds. By that point we will have easy/cheap transactions with no ttp.

2025-11-07 06:32:06 UTC

Because people starting to realise ecash on bitcoin is a beautiful castle built on the sand of very shaky assumptions.
Much of the energy/resources would have been better allocated elsewhere.
Any effort to point this out was attacked, at times because of the monetary interests at play grants etc. Those who have expressed honest criticism, or even just indifference publicly @jb55, have felt sidelined as naysayers by industry as a whole, which should not happen. There have been few underhanded attacks from cashu camp against projects that invalidate ecash use case. I can see why some animosity has built, and public indifference flipped to open criticism.
If someone has nothing to gain by critising something, yet a lot to lose, it's an honest opinion that should be listened to.
#nevent1q…wcp8

2025-11-07 05:45:19 UTC

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But don't care about having a lovely little gizmo you can annoy every visitor with by telling them all about? That's one of life's great joys.

2025-11-07 05:41:28 UTC

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I think we only use /whatever for njump on the site. So we could just pass all those and let njump handle?
We do also have that caching issue again, seems like it slowed.

2025-11-07 05:36:25 UTC

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Yes that's us.
Thanks for spot.
We will have a look today, fix the proxying

2025-11-06 12:59:32 UTC

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And a dumb device, that just does one thing.

2025-11-06 12:58:21 UTC

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Not having to have your nsec on a device or someone else's computer, rather on a device you control, safe and sound at home, while youre out and about noting.

2025-11-05 12:27:02 UTC

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Ceos are a funny bunch, it makes more sense to replace them with ai than the devs.

2025-11-05 12:25:56 UTC

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Perfect 👌

2025-11-05 11:27:32 UTC

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https://shop.lnbits.com/product/nsec-remote-nostr-signer

2025-11-05 11:26:58 UTC

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Enshittification via vibe slop. All these ceos think they don't need devs anymore 😂

2025-11-05 11:16:38 UTC

Nostr signers ship,
signing without permission.
tyrants fall silent. https://image.nostr.build/c688b71aba1ee9ce64af7e83e7c6eea08b39366b66a0529a12f333af5361b49b.jpg

2025-11-04 13:14:43 UTC

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Hummustr

2025-11-04 12:58:53 UTC

The new LNbits Extension Builder by @nprofile…7uxn is outstanding!
In this tutorial we build an extension in 30mins 🚀
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRTRYcNwqj0

2025-11-04 12:21:15 UTC

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Rust is good, it makes sense. Although I do agree, rust people are insufferable.

2025-11-04 12:11:33 UTC

₿engineer

2025-11-02 13:42:19 UTC

Enshittification of apps and platforms on internet that's been happening recently is I guess ai slop, and ceos cutting developers?

2025-10-25 22:55:42 UTC

My current thing to have on in the background while making stuff is endless documentaries about lost treasure.
Most of them involve someone finding some cryptic map then spending rest of their life looking for the treasure - they usually don't find it then die penniless and lonely.

2025-10-22 14:35:46 UTC

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Wowza!
That's cool af

2025-10-22 12:45:17 UTC

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Always use VPN as well. I got stung hard using public hotel wifi once

2025-10-22 12:41:04 UTC

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No. I dont understand ANY animosity towards Trezor, they fucking created bip39! Are prob the most legit and important company in bitcoin.
Stupid hww fake culture war is noise.
Just giving them props for being builder heroes

2025-10-22 09:19:09 UTC

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Where it all started
https://youtu.be/jKg1cnQ7GDo

2025-10-22 09:17:46 UTC

The Trezor 7 looks doooope 🤯
Trezor, the company that created the world's first bitcoin hardware wallet, still absolutely smashing it. I love them so much.
https://www.youtube.com/live/EWxAc8wzfFM

2025-10-22 09:03:56 UTC

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It is hard! No one appreciates work that goes into videos 🙄

2025-10-15 12:42:42 UTC

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Or even better
https://youtube.com/@lnbits

2025-10-15 12:41:05 UTC

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Check out lnbits.com (it has some snappy videos that break down what it can do)

2025-10-15 12:38:47 UTC

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It's a wallet account system with a gazillion extensions that do useful things.
Core LNbits is packed full of features like rate limiting wallets etc