Aligning principles

🔟 Principles × Nostr Alignment

1. Radical Inclusion

Everyone is invited.

• Nostr has no gatekeepers → anyone can join, no permission needed.

• Aligns with inclusion: open protocol, not closed platform.

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2. Gifting

The heart of Burning Man: unconditional giving.

• Zaps are a modern gift → sats as a digital flower, no expectation of return.

• Content on Nostr is given freely; zaps are gratitude, not obligation.

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3. Decommodification

Burning Man removes ads, brands, transactions.

• Zaps aren’t ads or payments → they’re peer-to-peer appreciation.

• Nostr resists commodification: no algorithms, no corporate monetization.

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4. Radical Self-Reliance

Encourage people to rely on their own inner resources.

• Nostr = you own your keys, your identity, your data.

• Self-reliance in the digital realm.

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5. Radical Self-Expression

Unique gifts of the individual.

• Nostr lets you publish without censorship or filters.

• Your art, your words, your identity—fully yours.

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6. Communal Effort

We achieve together what we cannot alone.

• Nostr relays = collective scaffolding.

• Value-for-Value culture creates invisible threads of support across the community.

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7. Civic Responsibility

Respect laws, care for community, take responsibility.

• Zaps = personal accountability in value exchange.

• Onboarding into Nostr = digital responsibility (you own your identity).

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8. Leaving No Trace

Leave places better than you found them.

• Nostr posts don’t rely on extractive servers or centralized corporate waste.

• Bitcoin zaps ride on energy but align with principles of proof, transparency, and can tie into sustainable energy use.

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9. Participation

No spectators. Everyone is part of the show.

• Nostr: you are the network—every zap, every post, every relay is participation.

• Value-for-Value demands engagement: if you value it, you show it.

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10. Immediacy

Be present. Direct experience is the most important.

• Zapping is instant gratitude, immediate acknowledgment.

• Nostr interactions feel like raw, unmediated presence—no ads, no “later.”

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🌶️ The Magic Sauce

When you look at them together:

• Nostr = Radical Self-Reliance + Radical Self-Expression (digital layer)

• Zaps/V4V = Gifting + Civic Responsibility (value layer)

• Burning Man = the embodied stage where this culture gets lived in dust + fire

Together → freedom tech meets freedom culture.