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Hola 👋

Since i don't believe there is a particular entry on Nostr for your 6th episode of TGfN, "What is Nostr? Part 2" (I checked the TGfN podcast on both Primal and Coracle), i am writing here.

https://fountain.fm/episode/yHXr8jZnTg3xNv0gyijc

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Thank you very much for this episode. There are so many empowering tools and different ways of seeing, using, finding and displaying Nostr. Mind-blowing to say the least. I am getting very inspired to inhabit the new Nostr world much more frquently as i can palpably see its driving focus of being generative, open and supporting the people in the Nostr network (rather than the typical closed, permission-giving, profiteering, controlling centralized model of sociall media or tech in general) and in generally allowing for emergent properties to bubble up and be tapped into. There is also something rewarding and inviting about the (sometimes) crude, inconsistent, exploratory, messy nature of the Nostr early days.

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I also really appreciate the multifaceted conversations and topics you weave together.

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One slight technical question i have--though this might have come up in part 1 of this intro series--follows.

When i heard that Nostr is a suite of protocols, i became even more intrigued. Is Nostr fundamentally linked to Bitcoin or can other compensation pathways exist? Specifically the Qort coin of Qortal, which is a PoT (Proof of Time) based blockchain. I am not aware of any other blockchain/crypto that operate this way. The rest are PoW (Proof of Work) and PoS (Proof of Stake). Not necessarily the "official" acronyms--just flying by the seat of my Nosta' pants!

And also more generally, which of the protocols or NIPs are mandatory? Might be hard to explain to a non-programmer/-developer.

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