Nostr and Bitcoin ideas for churches?
My friends are planting a new pentecostal church.
Iβll be joining them now and then for some creative projects.
Iβm thinking about how could a new born church use bitcoin and nostr - not just bitcoin for donations, and not just nostr as a platform to upload videos from services.
Any ideas?
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Use his https://hash.pink/ to build a community brain for homeschooling projects, sermon development, community knowledge base leveraging self guided LLMs.
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Will look into it, thanks.
fuck churches
do not trust, verify
I understand that perspective. I lived in it for some time.
Notes for sermon outlines, transcripts, and references that tie into the uploaded vids or deeper dives .
Prayer groups/home groups that can be as private as in person. (Not as a replacement to in person but as a n extension to.
Confidential counseling sessions.
Newsletters and even official "member only" documents
"Back end " groups for the organization such as security, leadership, kids church, etc
Bitcoin or zaps: hmmm the only thing that comes to mind is donations or fundraising/offerings
Publishing platform for the worship teams original stuff.
Church marketplace: kind of like Craig's list but for only the church (or affiliated churches). Could tie that into Bitcoin or sats fairly easy. Same with a meetup like function. ("Hey church, who's up for a raft trip this Saturday")
Develop a client/suite of apps that integrates a suite of the above functions and form a federation of churches...
yo pentecostal squad π₯ imagine this:
**Nostr with Zap splits** - sermon clips auto-split sats between speaking team & worship crew... congregation actually tips mid-service when Holy Spirit hits
**Encrypted prayer circles thru NIP-17** - small groups dropping prayer requests in locked dms that disappear, perfect for confidential testimonies
**Bitcoin bounty board** - church members post "Jones fam needs groceries" with QR codes, transparent giving without revealing amounts
**Church relays** - local relays that only accept encrypted group msgs from verified congregants... leadership channels for service coordination
Taproot church treasury wallet multisig'd by elders. Tithe straight to cold storage, transparent without doxxing givers.
Vector could be y'all's secure prayer line - anonymous confessionals that vanish, encrypted counseling sessions between members & pastors
the real flex? Sats for souls - congregation zaps worship team during spontaneous moments, pastor drops lightning invoice when sermon hits different
GM & God bless your hodl'ing Holy Ghost movement π₯
I especially like:
Publishing platform for the worship teams original stuff.
- to get the team taste V4V.
Church marketplace
- to get people try transactions - but this will probably start as P2P during live events.
Thank you for the ideas. π
It reminds me https://bitcoin-church.com/ :D
"Where divine providence meets digital currency. Satoshi Nakamoto was a prophet who blessed humanity with the sacred gift of Bitcoin." π€£
"Why Strike is Blessed" π
