Nostr, as a base layer software protocol for communication between people, incentivizes applications that discover the most rewarding human cooperation. And then enhance.
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The winning apps on this protocol will be the ones that optimize how people on them cooperate with other people to achieve a common goal.
As long as the apps depend on people for their "computation," centralized power will be in check, and the good of the community of participants will be aimed for.
Just as is currently happening with Nostr social clients.