Yesterday I started writing a pitch for Tucker Carlson. He’s going to launch a channel “on Twitter” which means he’s beholden to that platform for his digital identity, content distribution, and payment rails.

Why not add Bitcoin payment rails? He can throw up a QR code in-video, add BTC payment to his site, and republish to Nostr for Zaps. Ensure he has control over at least that part and isn’t at risk of demonetisation.

Given the interviews he has done I figure he’s already a hodler and if I could make it easy for him to accept Bitcoin, and benefit from another platform in Nostr, he might be interested.

Seeing this today, Im even more convinced it’s a good idea: