I don't have start9 hardware. I just installed start9 on an old PC with spare parts. It's not doing the trick 😅

Funny you say that, I was trying Wallet of Satoshi yesterday. But whenever I went yo create a wallet I was getting an error that told me to try again later... Also, I was trying to build a node on start9, not Windows (I don't use windows). My old spare computer hardware isn't cutting it though.

I've been goofing around with Nostr and #Lightning a bit more. I tried setting up a BTC #Node but my old desktop stalls out around the 70% mark when verifying the blockchain. So, self-hosting a custodial lightning wallet is a no-go for now. I set up the #Alby extension for login and I'm considering subscribing for their custom Nostr and lightning address. I set up my own private Nostr #Relay and I... Think it's working? I literally just plugged my HEX npub into the Nostr RS Relay service on #start9 and it looks like it's working? It would be nice if setting up the lightning network wasn't such a pain. For some reason I can't get my Strike address to work with Nostr integration. So I figured I'd try and self-custodial it, but as I have heard and experienced, it's not a lot of fun to do that. I'll figure it out. Oh, also, unrelatedly, I like to #write and I'm working on finishing up my debut Fantasy #novel for release next year. I will be releasing it into the #Creative #Commons in some form or fashion, so keep an eye out! #introduction #intro #introductions

Now that I'm thinking about it, I've only really visited 6 states for any length of time. That's less than I thought. For anyone who answers 1, I respect their contentment.

The new Blockstream app is pretty nice, but I'm no expert on the topic.

I would recommend making your own recording of live discussions as a backup. You never know how someone might try to deceptively edit what you say (especially on a political show). It's probably better that they didn't air it at all.

The Reformed faith is an interpretation put over-top of scripture. You can argue it is derived from scripture, but my original reply outlines how scripture alone is insufficient to determine what scripture is valid or authentic. I once was Reformed as well, I am familiar with the arguments. And I am Orthodox Christian now, so we have no infallible Pope in Rome thankfully!

This presupposes that God's word is *only* scripture (which is not what these verses say). It also presupposes that you are only supposed to use the words in the Bible (which is also not what these verses say). There is no prescription in scripture for what books are supposed to constitute the Bible. How does one know what books belong in the Bible if the Bible doesn't tell you and you're only allowed to use the Bible to know this? This makes your last verse very difficult, considering it was written by John before the new Testament was assembled (and perhaps before it was even finished being written). You are ascribing the warning in Revelation to all of the Bible after the fact, thus begging the question.

Is that warning about sola scriptura in the Bible?

And yes, I'm working on setting up #zaps for #lightning channel stuff. I'm still new to Bitcoin and I want to make sure I'm doing things correctly. Plus, #Primal won't verify off of my #Strike account for some reason! I'm not going to make another Strike account, so I'm going to figure out an alternative (preferably something self-hosted if that's not too crazy).

I would recommend focusing on the onboarding process. Various clients and two different long strings of gibberish keys is a lot for a standard user to take in all at once. I know some other people have discussed follow groups and I think that's a great idea.

A little bit of outside input is good. It helps you know if you're moving in the right direction. Too much early input and idle chitchat spoils progress.