Nostrovia - The Original Nostr Podcast

Stuart Bowman and I spent the last two months in Madeira as part of the first Sovereign Engineering Cohort and thought it would be a good idea to record one of our conversations for the podcast. We discuss the future of nostr and bitcoin, Stuart's project (satellite.earth), nostrocket, the empire, the biosphere, aliens. Stuart: npub1lunaq893u4hmtpvqxpk8hfmtkqmm7ggutdtnc4hyuux2skr4ttcqr827lj Gsovereignty: npub1mygerccwqpzyh9pvp6pv44rskv40zutkfs38t0hqhkvnwlhagp6s3psn5p

Fiatjaf is the creator of the nostr, and Pablo is recognised as one of the most prolific developers in the nostr community. Join us for a fun conversation where we talk about _______. Fiatjaf: npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6 Pablo: npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft G: npub1mygerccwqpzyh9pvp6pv44rskv40zutkfs38t0hqhkvnwlhagp6s3psn5p

Join us as Kwinten, backend developer at getAlby, shares his transition from astrophysics to lightning technology. He unravels the startup's challenges, including crashed nodes and non-custodial wallets. Kwinten also sheds light on Alby's robust security measures, community involvement, and exciting future developments. This episode is a must-listen for lightning enthusiasts, tech aficionados, and open-source advocates. -------------- A huge thanks to Kevin for editing this episode and making it sound good! Please zap him to say thanks: sync@walletofsatoshi.com

I met Colby in Miami where he told me about his Scionic Merkle DAG project: hornetstorage.com It's an interesting approach to storing data/objects and could be useful in the context of the nostr. AI transcription: https://www.crypto.eu.com/Nostrovia-HornetStorage.md

The most crazy engineers in Nostr and Lightning are converging on Madeira for 2 months to work on the next wave of freedom tech. It starts on January 8 and runs through till March 1st when Bitcoin Atlantis begins. Expect the unexpected. Want to know more? Listen now. https://sovereignengineering.io/ https://opensats.org/apply

Miljan is the founder of Primal. I've been wanting to catch up with Miljan since we first met at Nostrica, so we had a lot to talk about. Most topically, we discuss the recent allegations that have been made against Primal, with the accusatinons being that Miljan has been shadowbanning certain users, which

Stewart Mackenzie is working to build a world where State controlled address centric networking protocols like TCP/IP are made obsolete by information centric networking protocols. In this episode of Nostrovia, he explains what information centric networking is, how it's resistant to attack by the State, and why he thinks the current architecture of nostr is fundamentally flawed as a censorship resistant network. https://www.youtube.com/@stewartmackenzieindaba

Joseph Wang is a research scientist based in Hong Kong. He has an deep knowledge of the history of Chinese economic reform and has spent the last decade developing quantitative finance models to model Chinese securities markets and the global bitcoin markets. https://github.com/Joequant host: npub1mygerccwqpzyh9pvp6pv44rskv40zutkfs38t0hqhkvnwlhagp6s3psn5p pablof7z: npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft Support Nostrovia: https://geyser.fund/project/nostroviapodcast

Eric Voskuil is a former Navy pilot and the author of Cryptoeconomics - fundamental principles of Bitcoin. He is the foremost axiomatic thinker with regards to Bitcoin. https://voskuil.org/cryptoeconomics/

Smart contracts were first proposed in 1994 by Nick Szabo and they do not require a blockchain. What NOMAD is building allows for something like smart contracts to execute on Nostr. https://github.com/lacrypta/nomad/tree/main

If "the metaverse" is ever going to be a thing, it needs to be permissionless and anchored in proof of work. If you've read the Daemon and Freedom novels, Arkinox is building D-Space. Arkinox: npub1arkn0xxxll4llgy9qxkrncn3vc4l69s0dz8ef3zadykcwe7ax3dqrrh43w https://onosendai.tech https://github.com/arkin0x/cyberspace https://github.com/arkin0x/ONOSENDAI https://t.me/ONOSENDAITECH https://telegra.ph/Cyberspace-and-Proof-of-Work-04-17 https://dorahacks.io/buidl/5186 Miami Nostr Hackathon Event May 20, 2pm-6pm https://dorahacks.io/hackathon/hack-nostr-on https://t.me/Miami_Nostr_Honne

All the cool people have already listened to this episode, but for everyone else, here it is! SHOW NOTES: Cryptoeconomics: Eric Voskuil's Cryptoeconomics is required reading for anyone who wants to understand the fundamental security model of Bitcoin. https://voskuil.org/cryptoeconomics/

This week we talk to Stelios from geyser.fund Bitkarrot and G discuss: - NIP26 - delegated signing - Hong Kong meetup (last week) - Aliens Also available on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT5ac4Jj0zw ABOUT visit nostrovia.org for RSS links etc

QUOTE OF THE EPISODE: "your ambitions have to outpace your ability" -- mcshane GUEST McShane: npub16vrkgd28wq6n0h77lqgu8h4fdu0eapxgyj0zqq6ngfvjf2vs3nuq5mp2va MENTIONS nostrocket.org https://www.awake.cr/ https://github.com/fiatjaf/noscl npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6 Pablo: npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft https://coldcard.com/ npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8 RSS etc: nostrovia.org YouTube: https://youtu.be/-ZwD6ulfJvI

This week we have a discussion with William Casarin (Damus) and Artur Brugeman (nostr.band). Visit nostrovia.org for rss links etc This episode on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o0KACjYKMQ ARTUR npub1xdtducdnjerex88gkg2qk2atsdlqsyxqaag4h05jmcpyspqt30wscmntxy Twitter: @ArturBrugeman WILL npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s Twitter: @jb55 BITCARROT npub18pudjhdhhp2v8gxnkttt00um729nv93tuepjda2jrwn3eua5tf5s80a699 GSOVEREIGNTY npub1mygerccwqpzyh9pvp6pv44rskv40zutkfs38t0hqhkvnwlhagp6s3psn5p

This week we have a discussion with @rabble, who played a significant role in the creation of Twitter and some even say was Jack's boss. He has decades of experience with social media companies and protocols, and a very broad perspective from his global experience in technology and business. Rabble now brings this experience to Nostr! Visit nostrovia.org for RSS links etc RABBLE @rabble Twitter: @rabble Nostr Project: nos.social MENTIONS nostrocket.org makers.bolt.fun/tournaments/2/overview www.amazon.com/Governing-Commons-Evolution-Institutions-Collective/dp/0521405998 scuttlebutt.nz/docs/protocol p2panda.org HOSTS visit nostrovia.org LISTEN NOW nostrovia.org https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FUz4mqbMUQ

Visit nostrovia.org for the hosts pubkeys etc HACKATHON!!! https://makers.bolt.fun/tournaments/2/overview Telegram: https://t.me/nostrdesign Website: http://nostrdesign.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nostrdesign Nostr: npub1x6gxrjdpacjc62x3y0e4lyfedzyy65kyj29t0026g4z0el2g70esc0rtxj https://geyser.fund/project/nostrhackweek NOSTROCKET https://nostrocket.org

https://nostrovia.org MENTIONS: Ricardo and Anton's Relay Discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm1iU7lttkI https://lndhub.io/ https://www.walletofsatoshi.com/ Nostrica Shuttle Bus Booking: https://nostrica.com/travel/index.html#shuttles Nostr Hackathon! https://makers.bolt.fun/tournaments/2/overview DAO built with Nostr: https://github.com/Stackerstan/mindmachine NIP-068: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/250 Current: https://app.getcurrent.io/ INTERVIEW: https://erdaltoprak.com/ https://github.com/erdaltoprak/tamga https://tamga.pages.dev HOSTS: bitkarrot@lnaddy.com npub18pudjhdhhp2v8gxnkttt00um729nv93tuepjda2jrwn3eua5tf5s80a699 gsovereignty@nostrovia.org npub1mygerccwqpzyh9pvp6pv44rskv40zutkfs38t0hqhkvnwlhagp6s3psn5p

MENTIONS https://coracle.social https://nostrstuff.com/ https://github.com/Cameri/nostream Ricardo Arturo (live coding): npub1qqqqqqyz0la2jjl752yv8h7wgs3v098mh9nztd4nr6gynaef6uqqt0n47m https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/extreme-programming-explained/0201616416/ https://web.mit.edu/6.001/6.037/sicp.pdf UNCLE BOB https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_C._Martin https://github.com/unclebob/more-speech HOSTS gsovereignty: npub1mygerccwqpzyh9pvp6pv44rskv40zutkfs38t0hqhkvnwlhagp6s3psn5p bitkarrot: npub18pudjhdhhp2v8gxnkttt00um729nv93tuepjda2jrwn3eua5tf5s80a699

Mike created the Gossip nostr client as well as NIP65 which is becoming a mainstay in nostr for dealing with relay ossification. The magic of the Gossip protocol is that it allows us to stop congregating around the same set of shared relays and start spreading things out more. MENTIONED Gossip model bounty https://bountsr.org/code/2023/02/03/gossip-model.html NIP-65 - Gossip https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/65.md NIP-56 reporting https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/56.md NIP-57 - Lightning Zaps https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/zaps/57.md Paid relays https://relay.exchange What is a paid nostr relay https://thebitcoinmanual.com/articles/paid-nostr-relay/ FOLLOW ON NOSTR: gsovereignty bitkarrot mike dilger ABOUT Nostrovia.org is a weekly podcast about Nostr. Join the Nostrovia Telegram Group: https://t.me/nostroviadispatch