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BitcoinHackers.org Est. 2018 - 2023 Bitcoin Hackers was a Matodon instance for Bitcoiners patron by Coinkite. It was created in 2018 as a backup-up plan for the very-possible Twitter Purge. Initially was fun to run it, but after 5yrs it became clear that Mastodon is still a centralized protocol. The instance runner is just a benevolent dictator. I'm not interested in being a dictator and lost interterest. Instances are also blanket banning other instances. This means the whole ActivityPub universe was just a patchy-verse, and able to block Bitcoiners out. But, it's biggest offense is that Users don't own their identity & data. Mastodon is not decentralized, it's just someone else's computer. Time to evolve ?; Nostr is the much needed protocol upgrade. Nostr is a simple, open protocol that enables truly censorship-resistant and global value-for-value publishing on the web. Get started here nostr.how and find many/most of the old Mastodon instance memebers. Check out this Bitcoin.Review Episode. Best, -- NVK, mgmt.

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BitcoinHackers.org Est. 2018 - 2023 Bitcoin Hackers was a Matodon instance for Bitcoiners patron by Coinkite. It was created in 2018 as a backup-up plan for the very-possible Twitter Purge. Initially was fun to run it, but after 5yrs it became clear that Mastodon is still a centralized protocol. The instance runner is just a benevolent dictator. I'm not interested in being a dictator and lost interterest. Instances are also blanket banning other instances. This means the whole ActivityPub universe was just a patchy-verse, and able to block Bitcoiners out. But, it's biggest offense is that Users don't own their identity & data. Mastodon is not decentralized, it's just someone else's computer. Time to evolve ?; Nostr is the much needed protocol upgrade. Nostr is a simple, open protocol that enables truly censorship-resistant and global value-for-value publishing on the web. Get started here nostr.how and find many/most of the old Mastodon instance memebers. Check out this Bitcoin.Review Episode. Best, -- NVK, mgmt.
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Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Mar-2023 18:31:22 JST Chris Trottier

?R.I.P. BITCOINHACKERS.ORG?
The Mastodon instance bitcoinhackers.org has shut down for good.
NVK cites many reasons for this. He doesn't believe Mastodon is "truly" decentralized, that users don't own their identities.
But what truly comes down to it is many instances were blocking them, keeping the crypto crowd out.
Right now, Bitcoin.org is pushing Nostr -- hoping others will follow them. That was predictable.
https://bitcoinhackers.org/
@fediversenews

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