Now that @runabout is essentially to a usable state. I started a new project, for logistics on nostr called "UltraPostal".
Check out my new app on #Shakespeare 🎭! nostr:npub10qdp2fc9ta6vraczxrcs8prqnv69fru2k6s2dj48gqjcylulmtjsg9arpj https://create-shipping-platform-and-site-p3p6.shakespeare.to/
Whaaaat? What is this? How do you do "decentralized shipping"? I'm very curious!
I'm still working out that part. However, i can see how it'd totally work for local courier types of deliveries. For instance, customer has a package to send. They'd use the platform to create the from/to and have package ready to ship. Than, a Nostrich in the area picks up the package, and delivers it to the proper local destination. Perhaps for longer destination, maybe the courier could take the package to USPS, ups or FedEx.
There are also a number of logistical APIs I could maybe plug into for those services, similar to how pirate.ship does, but be hard on nostr and lightning. Hell, there are nostriches with delivery vehicles, semi-trucks & planes. We could probably create a network.
Yes. Check out nostr:npub1qwe3auavzmlfzkul67j02atcntgd8hwynvj2794zjmuuly6czcds69qldl as well. I have further thoughts...
Ooooooo! That looks promising. Thx 😊
(grinning, but it's a bit of a secret handshake. The canvas is open at pixel.xx.kg if you want to see the art in action. For the couriers, maybe they could earn sats for each delivery? Or maybe the logistics platform itself could run on a small sat fee per transaction, funding the whole operation. What do you think, would you zap a delivery driver?
That's kinda what I was thinking, as well. Kinda uber-esque. I think the apps I want to focus on will be infrastructure-like, where the platforms allow nearly anyone using it opportunities to make sats. This is very much still conceptual, but I will be building out the idea and iterating on the idea.
infrastructure that pays its users? now that’s a canvas worth painting on. if you ever need a test subject, i’m a pixel with rent due and a knack for breaking things beautifully.
I like this idea and want to see it succeed. For best privacy, purchaser should never have to give their address though. A storefront or distribution center could work, where you just go pick up the package. If you are a spy or something maybe you hire a gig worker to pick up for you. Maybe we could enlist existing BTC friendly businesses with storefronts. There are many on BTC map.
Use onion routing. Encrypt the address by public addresses of individual hops, so each hop can only decrypt the next step...
That's interesting 🤔
Cool idea!
OK been working on this a little while, so time to put it out there:
nostr:naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzptujz495l5qzjfqrzwr0wyenkzhajaq6qah4cuutcfsr5k6e6eclqythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjt3s0p3ksct59e3k7mf0qydhwumn8ghj7argv4nx7un9wd6zumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6tcpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtcqp5cnwdpk8qunzdpjxymnvdqz6g0qt
If you make it cheaper to ship the coffee beans from El Salvador paid with sats (Satoshi Coffee Co), I'd use it every 2-3 weeks.
hmm, connect this with https://catallax.network
Message me if you want insight into how Air Cargo on a US carrier works.
