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Jack Dorsey Leaves BlueSky Board, Touts 'Freedom Technology' of X and Nostr
The former Twitter CEO announced its backing of the social networking startup in December 2019 in an effort to decentralize social media.
Some Users May Want an ‘Everything App’, but What We Need Is Digital Sovereignty
Jameson Lopp argues Twitter's recent rebrand falls in line with big tech's obsession with data. Nostr, an increasingly popular social network, is one alternative.
Mutiny’s New Browser-Based Bitcoin Wallet on Lightning Avoids App Store Restrictions
The company says it’s the “first self-custodial lightning wallet that runs on the web.”
Apple May Not Like It, but ‘Zapple Pay’ Finds Workaround for Bitcoin Tipping on Damus
The new third-party payment service claims to be independent of the Damus iPhone app that Apple has tried to restrict, and lets users tip one another on any app that runs on the Nostr protocol.
Jack Dorsey Questions Apple's Tim Cook Over Bitcoin Support as Damus Deplatforming Looms
The former Twitter CEO posted a tweet asking Cook why Apple Pay doesn’t support Bitcoin, following the news that the smartphone maker was threatening to eject the Bitcoin-friendly app Damus from the App Store.
Damus Founder Now Expects Deplatforming From Apple App Store
Apple cited violation of its in-app purchase guidelines as the primary reason for the delisting, according to Damus founder William Casarin.
Apple Rejects Bitcoin Wallet Zeus a Day After Threatening to Delist Damus
Apple (AAPL) has rejected the latest version of non-custodial Lightning-enabled bitcoin wallet Zeus, according to a tweet by Zeus founder Evan Kaloudis. This comes a day after the tech giant threatened to delist Damus, a decentralized social media platform that runs on the Nostr protocol. "The Hash" panel weighs in.
Apple Rejects Bitcoin Wallet Zeus a Day After Threatening to Delist Damus
The tech giant cited transmission of a virtual currency without necessary licenses and permissions as the primary reason for the app’s rejection, according to Zeus’ founder.
Jack Dorsey-backed Nostr Creator Collaborates With Zebedee on New Social Media Layer
Zebedee users will be able to join a waitlist for alpha access to an updated version of the app, which will feature integration with decentralized social media protocol Nostr (an acronym for “notes and other stuff transmitted by relays”).
As Bitcoin Platform Paxful Closes, Co-Founder Youssef Talks Up Alternatives
A white paper for Civilization Kit, a decentralized bitcoin peer-to-peer marketplace that also allows users to build their own decentralized marketplaces, will be published in one or two weeks, says Paxful co-founder Ray Youssef. In the meantime he endorses Noones, which describes itself as a “bitcoin peer-to-peer super app for the Global South.”
