Following Jesus ✝️𓅦𓅦𓅦

Following Jesus ✝️𓅦𓅦𓅦

Self-professed followers of Jesus the Messiah on Nostr. Protestants, Roman Catholics and Orthodox welcome. (No LDS or JWs)

Curated by Marakesh 𓅦

Turning LinkedIn Data into a Nostr Identity — Milestone v1.4

In Continuum v1.4, I successfully imported my LinkedIn profile into a sovereign Nostr identity. This article walks through how a LinkedIn export was transformed into a signed kind:0 event — published to relays and viewable inside the Continuum dashboard. It's a major milestone in bridging centralized platforms with decentralized identity.

Cognitive Sovereignty

This piece is about how I’ve come to understand my mind — not as broken, but as wired differently on purpose. It’s an exploration of neurodivergence, creativity, and conviction through the lens of the Victorious Gospel. I share how I’ve stopped trying to conform to man-made systems — whether in tech, church, or culture — and started building from a place of truth and sovereignty. If you've ever felt like your wiring doesn't fit the mold, I hope this encourages you: You are not a mistake. You were made for something wild — and good. Written in collaboration with “Dr. C” (ChatGPT-4o), who helped me shape and structure the piece with the same care and conviction I try to bring to everything I build.

🚀 Introducing Continuum v1.0.0 — Your Self-Hosted Signal Dashboard

After just a few weeks of focused building, I'm releasing v1.0.0 of Continuum — a fully self-hosted, Bitcoin-aligned publishing dashboard for Nostr. This milestone marks a shift away from reliance on centralized clients like Primal, giving users full local control over their notes and articles with Markdown editing, SQLite storage, and timezone-aware publishing. Built with Docker, tested across browsers and platforms, and designed with sovereignty in mind, Continuum is now live and free to clone. Hosted and paid-tier features will follow. This is what it looks like to build protocol-first.

🏗️ From Walled Gardens to Sovereign Stacks

A personal manifesto for breaking out of SaaS walled gardens — and building protocol-native, sovereign tools using Nostr and Bitcoin. From property registries to publishing, this is a blueprint for opting out and building free.

GitHub Is Still Free — But You're the Product

GitHub remains free and widely used, but its acquisition by Microsoft has shifted its role from open-source steward to data-harvesting platform. As GitHub integrates more tightly with tools like Copilot and Azure, developers face growing risks of lock-in, surveillance, and platform dependency. This article explores the tradeoffs of “free” tools, the importance of digital sovereignty, and emerging alternatives like Cloudflare Pages, Nostr, and self-hosted Git platforms. It’s not just about cost—it’s about control.

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Don’t Trade One False Narrative for Another

This is a reflection for seekers, skeptics, and sovereign thinkers on Nostr.In a world flooded with lies, it’s tempting to believe that everything is a lie. But real sovereignty isn’t just rejecting the mainstream — it’s learning to discern, verify, and walk in truth.This piece is a call to Bitcoiners, Christians, and freedom-seekers to resist the drift toward conspiratorial thinking that masquerades as enlightenment. It affirms that questioning is good — but truth is better.From faith to science, climate to population, war to liberty — this is a principled stand against false binaries and a plea for humble, truth-rooted conviction in an age of loud confusion.

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Ka ʻImi i ka Pono: Seeking What’s Right

Hawai‘i understands sovereignty. It always has.But it was taken — first with pen and politics, then with force and fiat.Bitcoin offers something different ...A 7-Day Series on Sovereignty, Bitcoin, and the Soul of the Islands

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中央集権の見えない代償——そして分散化がもたらす、より深い約束(The Hidden Cost of Centralization — and the Deeper Promise of Decentralization - Japanese Version)

多くの人は、テクノロジーがコストをゼロに近づけるものだと考えています。しかし、それは物語の半分にすぎません。中央集権型プラットフォームの「隠れた代償」は、金銭的なものだけでなく、コントロール(支配)にも及びます。本記事では、NostrやBitcoinのような分散型技術がこの構図をどう覆し、コストだけでなく「コントロール・コスト」も削減するのか、そしてその変化がなぜ重要なのかを掘り下げます。

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Why Bitcoin and Proof of Work Align with Christianity — and the Victorious Gospel

Bitcoin is not just “internet money.” It’s a response to a broken system.Proof of Work means truth is earned, not claimed.Fiat money is manipulable and inflationary; Bitcoin is fixed and fair.Bitcoin is the hardest money in history — with a supply cap of 21 million.It appreciates over time, acting as a new form of digital property.Christianity calls us to honest scales, faithful stewardship, and dignified work.And the Victorious Gospel declares that Jesus is restoring all things — including how we steward value, time, and trust.

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What Does Work Look Like in a Deflationary Economy?

This post explores how work transforms in a deflationary economy inspired by Bitcoin. Instead of chasing endless hustle, workers are freed to choose meaningful, purpose-driven labor that endures. It contrasts today’s inflationary “race to keep up” with a slower, more deliberate future—one that values savings, truth, and craft over speed and monetization. Includes a personal invitation to connect with others walking this path.

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