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Signal comin outta nostr:npub1knvgqlkllgc566pxjkwrm33ks8k9nn6470a8y70t58jx6y3l620sj7lg29

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GM #nostr, thanks for being a source of light in an ever dimming fiat hellscape - onward!

Decentralizing Academic research is something that's been stuck in my head ever since I left a research lab I was working in a couple years ago. Like, everything about it is fucked:

From the graduate student perspective:

- You work crazy hours, for little pay, and no respect

- If you have a crazy good idea, your advisor gets the credit and the the University takes the IP

- little to no job prospects after graduating, normally is debt

From the faculty perspective:

- Has to give the University a large cut of grant $$ and first dibs on IP

- Has to spend time teaching, managing, finding $$ instead of conducting research

Overlaying all this BS are the perverse incentives of government funded research which:

- incentivizes back-stabbing, credit-grabbing

- disincentivizes collaboration, counter-cultural theories

I think there's a P2P way to fund research, leveraging #Nostr and #Bitcoin. Imagine the flow:

- Researcher submits proposal, including deliverables, timeline, funding needs

- Enthusiasts crowd-source via zaps, npubs who support are linked to any deliverables from the research, increasing reputation

- Research results are disseminated to a P2P peer review process, where researchers can offer btc for quality reviews (judged by impartial(ish) LLM judges, or current experts) in a double-blind contract

- Once peer-reviewed, peers who reviewed the results are also cryptographically linked to the paper, with their compensation visible, directly linking the reviewers credibility to the quality of their review/the research results

IDK or something like that.

Cheers, plebs.

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My Nostr predictions for 2025

Exactly one year ago I published my Nostr predictions for 2024. Some came true, but most were, shall we say, aspirational, and, if we want to be generous, directionally correct. Happy to continue in the same vein and go out on a limb for 2025. Here we go, ordered by likelihood of coming true:

1. Primal will become much, MUCH better. Primal 3.0 will be a bigger leap forward than Primal 2.0 was. We will surprise everyone by the features, speed, level of polish, and ease of use.

2. Many other Nostr clients will impress by their progress in a relatively short time frame. If I had to pick one, I have a really good feeling about Highlighter.

3. Way more bitcoiners will join Nostr. While we currently only have a small subset of bitcoin enjoyers on Nostr, the new features and unique content will make Nostr irresistible to anyone interested in bitcoin.

4. Bitcoin-adjacent communities will start to discover and join Nostr. This will include health & wellness, financial twitter, human rights, libertarians, and other communities. As a result, the network will grow and become more formidable.

5. Spammers gonna spam. With the growth of the network, spammers will return in force. They will be sophisticated and relentless, putting all of our spam mitigation services to the test.

6. The Blossom protocol will make media hosting on Nostr much more robust and resistant to censorship.

7. Long form content will start to hit its stride on Nostr. This includes textual long form content (blogs, essays, articles, etc.) as well as long form video content.

8. Multiple Nostr projects will find effective and ethical ways to monetize, marking a watershed moment for the protocol. We will witness the formation of the first cohort of real businesses on Nostr, signaling the inevitable changing of the guard and the eventual extinction of the Legacy Web.

9. Nostr will experience a glimpse of what a ‘suddenly’ mainstream adoption moment looks like.

10. By the end of the year, everyone - even the haters - will realize that Nostr is going to win.

11. nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx will accuse me of not being bullish enough.

One thing is certain: we will keep pushing until we will this thing into existence. 🤝

Anyhow, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Pura Vida, and Peace and Love to you all! ♥️☀️

Can’t wait, well done and Merry Christmas 🎄

Replying to Mr. T

I should add, in addition to Robin's podcast, the conversation specifically with nostr:npub1k7vkcxp7qdkly7qzj3dcpw7u3v9lt9cmvcs6s6ln26wrxggh7p7su3c04l was what inspired me to get started on here. I've seen so much good news around Nostr and am very excited to hopefully have somewhere to connect with other bitcoiners.

Jeff and Robin's conversation was so fruitful and really inspired me to join this new wave of information.

Welcome 🎉

GN #nostr Merry Christmas, happy birthday to our Lord and Savior

Awesome 😎 nostr:note16kuzaf06f2datxr6m3z6c9jyn29pkgns07frdnsf425cw5ccdfrsxfet98