"I hope it's obvious it was only the centrally controlled nature of those systems that doomed them.”

Indeed it is, Satoshi!😁

Nostr gives me great hope that we're on the cusp of seeing a truly free market emerge. Despite all state pretexts that Silk Road was dismantled because of "illegal" activity, the real reason is that the state wasn't getting it's pound of flesh.

Free markets on Nostr will eliminate state theft from every peaceful, voluntary transaction between private individuals.