In this episode of Early Days, Car sits down with John to discuss the evolution of Synonym, its vision for a decentralized digital economy, and the development of the Pubky protocol.

https://streamable.com/l/4pbrgc/mp4-mobile.mp4

We explore:

- The importance of self-sovereignty, identity, and trust in the digital age

- Pubky introducing a public key domain system for censorship resistance

- The Atomic Economy and why it is not just a technology stack

- Future of Pubky, Social Media, and its AI Integration

Chapters:

05:01 Challenges of Lightning

10:51 Exploring the PubKey Protocol

17:43 Self-Sovereignty and Digital Identity

30:27 Payments and Settlement in The Next Web

36:36 The Challenge of Scaling Bitcoin

40:23 Building a Trusted Payment System

41:07 Understanding the "Semantic Social Graph"

44:47 The Future of Pubky, Social Media and AI Integration

52:32 Creating Meaningful Technology for Families

55:09 The Launch of PubKey

Learn more: Synonym https://synonym.to/

Build on: Pubky Core https://pubky.org/