The great Chinese firewall is powerless against Bitcoin, even though it’s totally illegal to use Bitcoin there

Even in one of the most oppressive and tech savvy states in the world - China, 🇨🇳 On chain and lightning Bitcoin payments work flawlessly as demonstrated by See: youtu.be/I4zjvfPLn5c

Relief that also started his journey in the crypto / blockchain space and realised like me that it’s all useless / unproductive speculation or outright scam. BTW: my name on the YouTube live stream was “deasterman” - but need to change that!

Where are all the Python developers on this platform? Follow me and say hi! Open source for the win!

I am building a starter kit for Python developers which will allow them to get their SaaS and e-commerce businesses up-and-running faster with all the foundations in place such as user accounts / authentication and payments with BTC

Nostr is the number 2 decentralised social media network after Bluesky according to this chatGPT research: 1) Nostr overall (protocol, not just Primal) • Nostr itself — the decentralized protocol underlying apps like Primal — has been reported with millions of users across clients. One source cites over ~18 million registered users on the Nostr network as of mid-2023, across all clients and relays.  2) Mastodon (Fediverse, decentralized) • While not “Web3” in the blockchain sense, Mastodon is a decentralized social network and has historically seen millions of users. It surpassed 10 million registered user accounts in 2023 and had peak activity metrics in the millions.  3) Bluesky (AT Protocol) • Bluesky isn’t blockchain-backed but is decentralized by protocol (AT Protocol). It has tens of millions of users — e.g., around ~40 million by late 2025 according to recent reporting.

On Nostr, unlike web2 social media, you truly own your audience and followers as you can take them anywhere. Wish this had been ready when Musk took over Twitter as there was serious desire to switch at that point among many normies with big accounts, such as journalists and activists.

Coincidence that we are in the 21st century and also max 21 million Bitcoins? Also from: https://youtu.be/tIVriDqKsFA?si=aLZIXq4xEER293H7

Wow that was an awesome quote / metaphor at 1:11:11 by - “The mainstream institutions are like a tree in a forest just before it falls down. It’s already dead and rotten, it just hasn’t fallen down yet”. https://youtu.be/tIVriDqKsFA?si=aLZIXq4xEER293H7

quick question on the premium account: does the monthly option auto-renew?

Here is my full library of Python and Flask tutorials. Some need Medium premium access (only $5) but if you DM me or reply I can give you some of the latest ones for free using my friend link. Will be posting more updates and deep dives soon.. https://medium.com/@daneasterman

This is one of my best performing Twitter posts from back in the day with over 3,800 likes, If this had been on Nostr with zaps and 3,000 of these people tipped me 20 cents on average, this would have made $600. That's money that could have gone to Palestine - since this was a post for the Palestinian cause.. If 100 activists created posts with same engagement, that's now $60,000. Now imagine 1000: $600,000 This is the power of a mass movement micro-fundraising network. This is the power of the people and how we win.