Bitcoin and Nostr are really opening peoples eyes to the beauty of fully open source software, FOSS.
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“Open source” always sounded like some super boring thing to me until Bitcoin. I just didn’t care. Now I see why it’s so important.
It’s amazing what can be built when ppl aren’t restricted to build on top of, reproduce, tinker with and use freely! Unstoppable!
Interesting.
Wait until you hear about free software.
Free software is nothing gnu
What’s the difference between FOSS and free software?
Ten31.vc/content/open-source
This conjures images of spam 😂
It’s interesting how the mind assigns little value to free things. Slap a price on it and all of a sudden it’s valued higher.
Free software think of freedom software
Decentralized version of GitHub?
Free as in freedom 👈😎👈
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The term freedom has sadly been politicized and automatically associated with the right.
Yes. And like it or not, the government does play a positive role in protecting our freedoms.
Do they tho?
Yeah you’re right. It would’ve been better to just let the Jan 6 rioters hang Mike Pence outside the Capitol
Not American so your riot is pretty insignificant to me but ok your gov is protecting your freedom 👍 enjoy
Will do
Good luck with your country’s situation. I assumed American because of Tupac 😉
I’m not sure 2Pac would agree that your government protects all its citizens freedoms if you listen to his music 😉
Agreed it’s not perfect. Lots of problems. Especially with police and the court system. But the idea a lot of folks have here that our govt is just pure evil is very tiresome and conspiracy minded
Gov is a necessary evil, lots of taxation, heavy focus on programs that do nothing that are taxpayer funded, crony capitalism fueled by pacs and back room deals, nepotism in hiring to high paying positions in billion dollar corporations. The corruption is endless, being critical of your ruling system is not only a good thing, but necessary to keep tabs on something easily corrupted.
Yeah those paved roads and bridges that don’t crumble sure are a travesty
New flash governments don’t build roads or bridges
Maybe not in your country? In good ole US of A, they very much do. Sorry to disappoint!
Nope private contractors build them. Sorry bud.
Paying someone to build your house is not the same as building your house.
Um. Who pays the contractors? And where does the money come from? Yeah…
The point is, without a functioning government that has the authority to tax its citizenry, public infrastructure wouldn’t exist, because of the way incentives work
How much does it cost to maintain a bridge? Why is it that every government contract grossly over pays for shit-tier work while the private sector comes in under-budget with better, nicer, more upscale results? Walk into any DMV and tell me your tax money isn't being thrown away.... People are beyond over taxed for programs they'll never see the benefits of by people that hate them and only view them as a means to an end. I'm not saying to do away with government, I'm saying we've grown too much and need to trim A LOT of fat. I guarantee any private company would maintain a bridge or a road or any public structure far better than any government entity could.
Time to read 1984 bud, we're on our way there and they're not even trying to hide it... Keep eating the bugs 🦗
The taxpayer under threat of imprisonment
I understand where you're coming from, but in Bitcoin, nostr and FOSS and I have never seen it this way. With FOSS, "free as in freedom" is often used to separate open source software with terms and conditions or a cost and software that is available with no restrictions. At least that's how I see it.
Ah ok 👍
Always choose the bazaar https://youtu.be/jw8K460vx1c
Free ... as in beer?
That is what makes it "trustless" since it could be audited by anyone. Opensource doesn't have to be free, depending on the license.
Same
"Why are so many people working on this and why do they care?" I thought, before Bitcoin time
Yes.
Followed 🤙
Followed
FOSS FTW
Nostr is just the start of a decentralization revolution. Next 5-10 years I see a race to decentralize virtually everything. People are tired of having the wool pulled over their eyes by big brother. The time for change is here.
Feels like momentum is building
Is the governance decentralized? Who makes the decisions? How does that work?
Nostr, the protocol, itself is decentralized. The apps used to connect are built by individuals, but that's just a means to access the decentralized data. Similar to exchanges used to access the blockchain. There's built in checks and balances to make sure the rules are followed but no forced content, ads, narratives, algorithms. Your feed is what you make of it
Is there any plan for decentralized governance in the future? Who makes the decisions that effect everyone? Or does everyone do their own thing? Seems to me there advantages and disadvantages.
I'm not suggesting doing away with government or centralized governing, but decentralized protocols can be implemented to facilitate a more transparent governing body. For example, imagine currency was run on the blockchain and you could see politicians being paid on the chain by mega corporations. The corruption would be out in the open and easily exposed, thus driving out corruption and giving power back to the people.
What are the checks and balances? BTW - Exchanges could be decentralized.
No one makes decisions, the protocol is free, anyone can read the relays. 🤙
There are thousands of projects on github which are opensource.
time to make github opensource too with nostr
I thought that github was opensource. I could be wrong but I thought that it was originally developed by linux Torvalds? I'll check
its owned by microsoft, controlled by a central authority, censored as they wish
You are right. I just checked
nostr is not just to replace twitter, but can replace any digital place we interact, github really needs a nostr replacement, many coders dislike github, nostr means devs have a much lower barrier to talk with anyone on anything
Seems to me nostr has a long way to go to replace twitter. For example, I lose my social graph when I test a new client if the relays are different. Do you think mainstream users will know how to track and manage their relays?
And do you think that mainstream users will know how to mange their key pairs?
Speaking of opensource, why not develop client apps like Damus on opensource platforms instead of proprietary ones like Apple/Mac. which is as closed/proprietary/centralized as you can get? Seems to me opensource web clients should have priority, then Linux desktop clients if Nostr really had an opensource ethos.
