Completely agree; I read Chris Dixon's book, "Read Write Own," recently and came to the conclusion that you can very simply replace any instance of "blockchain" and "tokens" with "Nostr" and "ecash" for whatever product/solution the crypto crowd talks about in order to actually make it make sense.

He's highly directionality correct, but it comes from a lense of misplaced or "sufficient" decentralization based on "staying within the bounds of the law," which I think is a generally bad foundation when it comes to decentralized systems because laws are quite literally social constructs that can have their goalposts moved on a whim. These systems MUST be neutral, and most (if not all) "crypto" blockchain systems have authorities that can actually permission development and usage.

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Read, Write, Own is a super book. As you mention, it’s not blockchains and tokens that will solve the problem - it’s nostr and ecash. These are the missing ingredients that only came to the fore in the past couple of years. I think he is still missing those ingredients, but we do understand the significance of them. Further, we need to make it clear that these systems exist despite the legal system, though their legal effect will vary between jurisdictions.

The legal angle is incredibly important; it's the pinnacle of building it right and making it last.

So who's legal system has jurisdiction of the internet? No one. So make protocols broad and open. The laws will either follow the code or try and capture it. Clearly the former is better than the later.

This is the way.

Anything can be an npub + zaps || ecash. #v4v nostr