Wrote this for my new web shop at cyberita.no

Why Bitcoin and Nostr

Final settlement and Censorship resistance is key to why i have decided to only sell my knives for bitcoin and use Nostr for my social media presence.

Bitcoin is a Peer-To-Peer electronic cash system that allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution.

Nostr is The simplest open protocol that is able to create a censorship-resistant global “social” network once and for all.

When i started doing research into the knife industry i quickly discovered that makers and companies was having problems with payment providers and social media platforms censoring their business.

This is a growing problem among online retail as a majority of people rely on trusted third parties to market and sell their products. If your product happen to trigger some arbitrary rule your payments can be stopped and your social media account censored or suspended.

Bitcoin and Nostr is censorship resistant protocols that eliminate these risks and promote a fair and egalitarian economy based on sound money and freedom of speech.

Since i want to support Bitcoin and the Nostr protocol i have decided to only sell my knives for bitcoin and only use Nostr for my social media presence. My prices are set in USD and follow the global inflation rate as measured by Global (World) Monetary Supply M2.

Dealers and collectors are welcome to buy my knives with bitcoin and sell them through other channels for fiat with a markup. All my knives come in a simple presentation box with a GS1 US barcode for ease of use in retail environments.

You can follow me on this journey promoting freedom of speech and trade on primal.net/Gunnar or any other Nostr app.

For me bitcoin is a moral imperative. Its all about inalienable property rights. As detailed in this excellent essay by Gigi

Be the change you want to see in the world!