...and nostr ALWAYS for XBT/BTC atomic swaps coming soon to Start9...

really liking the new Start9 look. version 1.0 of the Blake Swap service is already tucked away on the menu for testing

i can't get a SSD USB C adaptor to work... the SSD card goes into my old Lenovo 100D laptop from 10 years ago and works effortlessly. inserting it into the USBC adaptor on the new laptop is another challenge. flip, reverse it, wait for that "ding"

fib tib... 8 weeks to heal...

Looking for 1–2 technically comfortable volunteers to test a Nostr-native BTC/BLAKE atomic swap prototype. Current status: Nostr offer discovery is working maker/taker + both trade directions are implemented atomic settlement has completed successfully on regtest no custodian / no exchange wallet / native-chain HTLC settlement What I need next is a real second machine/operator to test interoperability outside my own lab. For now this is REGTEST ONLY and definitely prototype territory. You’d need to be comfortable running a Bitcoin node, a BLAKE node, and some command-line setup. If that sounds fun, lmk.

where i am with atomic swap protocol using Nostr as discovery layer: so, with this client, you could put in a Nostr identity, a blake node+wallet, bitcoin node+wallet and then make offers: btc-for-blake, blake-for-btc and take offers that the client finds on nostr. i doubt anyone will every use it, but maybe someone will come up with something better.

oh man, hang in there.

LA travel guide for anyone needing info how to get from airport to downtown https://youtu.be/9fTmmj14nMA

i stopped running a "bitcoin" node because i became afraid of what could be put on it. maybe that fear is ridiculous, maybe it isn't. but if discouraging people like me from running a node was the attack, it worked. and now Blake has given a bunch of us node-running weirdos a limited hangout. a monastery where we can all live in perfection while the world crumbles

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PBTKe​=PBTC​−PBTC Core​ or

Or BTZ-- Bitcoin for genZ

BTK? Could be Blake or Luke or "Black". Bitcoin Black-- the "risk-on" bitcoin flavor--only available on an elite network of Bitcoin afficionados. "Contact your local Bitcoin Black provider." Also, convenient that Blake can now be a kids' name, after the present generation of cats and dogs named "Sats" and Oshi.