Nostr

I just set up my own custom handle on BlueSky - @trbouma.supername.app (I own this domain name)

I gotta say, a custom handle instills ownership. A similar thing can be done with nip05, I've done it and my handle here is trbouma@openbalance.app which is the same as my lightning address (I built the system to be this way)

Anyway, I think it'll be a tough go to beat BlueSky as a better, censorship resistant system - I have a feeling that most people won't care.

But when you deeply integrate payments, so your handle can send and receive funds, now you're talking. BlueSky has yet to contemplate payments and this is where #nostr is a better socioeconomic network - not just a better social media network.

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StackSats.IO 1y ago

10 years from now when everyone social network has micropayments baked in, it’s going to seem super obvious.

#Nostr was the first.

Question is what money others will use?

Tim Bouma 1y ago

Local money will become like a local area network address - works ok in your little context, but completely useless for everyone else.

StackSats.IO 1y ago

Yes, people will increasingly understand that the strength of a money is directly proportional to its network.

But then you’d expect the major platforms to use Dollars to maintain incumbency and stay onside with regulators.