Happy Halloween and #Bitcoin Whitepaper Day! TPB59 - Nostr: The Everything App of Freedom with nostr:npub1c878wu04lfqcl5avfy3p5x83ndpvedaxv0dg7pxthakq3jqdyzcs2n8avm and nostr:npub1wmr34t36fy03m8hvgl96zl3znndyzyaqhwmwdtshwmtkg03fetaqhjg240 is out now.

"The history of social change shows us that it's not fear that leads to better situations. It's Hope." - Rabble

Ben Arc is a FOSS (free and open source software) hobbyist and activist, founder of LNbits, bitcoin/lightning software and hardware builder, and creator of one of the first twitter clones utilizing the nostr protocol. Evan “Rabble” Henshaw-Plath is a social media pioneer, Jack Dorsey's former boss at Odeo (where they worked together on code that would become what we now know as twitter/x), and and creator of Nos social, a nostr client. In this episode we discuss all things social media and how Bitcoin-inspired tech like Nostr aims to reinvent social media as an open ecosystem beyond the control of big tech gatekeepers. Beyond social media and bitcoin, we discuss culture, how we interact with one another in this rapidly evolving and information intensive world, and hope we have for social change. It's such a pleasure to sit with two technology/social media pioneers like Ben and Rabble and hear their reflections on the world and a possible path forward.

WHAT I POSTED FOR NORMIES AS WELL ON OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA SITES:

Nostr, which stands for Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays is an open source protocol that is bringing decentralized social media with user control to the forefront in an age where we've grown all too comfortable with corporate, restrictive, centralized entities controlling our social media. There are many nostr apps, such as Damus for iOS that will look familiar to you, as a twitter-like clone, for a great social media experience with some added bonuses like the ability to "zap" (send bitcoin right through a post or profile). Progressives may find nostr to be an interesting tool that is censorship resistant, a great social network for activists, allows content creators to be in control, and is not fueled by hate algorithms perpetuated on social sites like Twitter. For the month of November we will be sharing more about nostr, calling this #NostrNovember, to grow nostr's user base.

https://progressivebitcoiner.com/tpb59-nostr-the-everything-app-of-freedom-with-ben-arc-rabble/

To learn more check out:

nostr.how

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/how-nostr-breaks-the-vicious-cycles-of-social-media