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ive got some gut level reservations about the Pear runtime project.

the thing about nostr is, while it may have some chaos, and a probem of people rushing to be first (and therefore cutting corners), it is largely not hidden or secretive. Its funding is largely transparent, the people building it are accessable, and there does not appear to be too many shady question marks.

Pear on the other hand has some question marks. There is alot of overly obscure lingo, and marketing speak. This could be because they are trying too hard due to VC backing, or it could be because they are hiding something. Another thing is, since the whole thing seems to be a giant ball of javascript how secure is it? Another question...what is their connection to Tether? By all accounts, Tether has some scetchy connections to the CIA. That does not neccesarily mean anything, but its still worth asking.

Just... questions.

Jeff Swann 1y ago

The FUD used to be that Tether was gonna blow up because they were a scam. Then they were targeted by govt because govt doesn't like people creating ways to move dollars that they can't control... Now they are the people who cooperated with investigators or some shit... It's a centralized service that makes it easier to move the ultimate shitcoin outside of the banking system. You don't have to like it or use it to recognize that there might be a reason to want it to exist & a subsection of the global exchange market that is served by such a thing.

Tether is very conservatively managed and they are big enough that they make lots of revenue from the interest on their holdings.

They are using the money to fund the creation of a p2p ecosystem that will make information impossible to censor, & create the sort of media environment that bittorrent should have created. At some point, Bitcoin & Tether will be integrated so that p2p transactions can seamlessly accompany p2p communications.

Building a modular & decentralized web stack is not a simple process so the software itself isn't going to be extremely simple. Is the internet simple? Is Lightning simple? And are you really gonna try to hold decent marketing against them? Not that I have any particular problem with being a "Nostrich" but Keet is a far better name, with a far cleaner logo. Don't hate on shit because it lacks the level of autism you are used to.

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atyh 1y ago

Some good info. I was with you until your angry fanboy last sentence. I’ll just ignore that and look into what came before it. Thanks! 🙏

Jeff Swann 1y ago

Truly didn't mean for anything to sound particularly hostile, sorry if the last bit came off that way. Difficult to communicate tone via text. Just kinda poking fun 😜