ATTENTION NOSTR NEWBIES:
NUMPTY Bitcoin bros are wrecking almost every Nostr client with their obsession with zaps. Zaps are a bitcoin payment system found in most clients Nostr. Unfortunately 'zapping' encourages new users to give their email address to a single centralised company called Alby. Alby dominates nostr as there are no viable alternatives for 'zapping'. Bitcoin bros rightly encourage users to leave twitter because Musk wants payment to tack identity. But here on Nostr they push zaps == Alby (c) (ok you could run a payment server /node yourself if you know how to code, understand the fine details of bitcoin/lightning networking - but even then YOU WONT! - its complex, costly and stupid) . The problem is that Alby is not substantially different to Paypal: Both are able tie payments to identities. Alby is tied to Zaps. Alby is tied to your Nostr ID. Alby is tied to your email. Alby is tied to KYC (a legal reqiurement for using Bitcoin). Bitcoin is not a secure alternative to fiat, onboarding is tied to identity, it is not annonymous unless you mine it from scratch, and to make matters worse 'zap' (lightning network) payments are even less secure and less decentralised. Bitcoin anonymity is a myth . I still believe Nostr is the future for decentralised censorship resistant communication, but users must eschew bitcoin and zaps integration. The crypto capitalists are using Nostr to shill dodgy bitcoin startups and monetise every human interaction (the latter is the bigger issue here, if we don't push back on the zap cult, nostr will be flooded with false opinions tied only to the profit motives of receiving zaps) Capitalists will game the system. Nostr will become the OnlyFans of fake wacky opinions. Unfortunately most nostr clients now have zaps built in, it doesn't have to be this way though. Stop the zapping. and let Nostr flourish.
Well presumably apple also requires approval from the US/EU/UK govnts too. Why is it worse when china requests approval.
c. The internet has got really boring over the years.
Only just heard about this, but it could be the best thing to emerge in decentralisation since nostr! And dare I say even more of a game changer!
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primal.net is FAST. Really fast. AND picture and videos load properly. UI is spot on. The only thing that concerns me is that I can't see what relays it is using (or what others are using) , that is something that I love about coracle because if nostr is to work as censorship resistant then it is crucial feature every client should have. Great work tho so far dev ;)
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Yes. Absolutely yes. Second only to globalisaton and capitalism.
nostr has its issues. but for those who figure it out, itâs the most powerful network that exists today. challenge is helping more people figure it out.
likely most of that wonât come from social use cases, but rather the microapps that #[0]â originally envisioned and folks like #[1]â are focused on building.
the power of this thing is the ecosystem part. itâs permission-less, meaning anyone can build whatever they want, and it has a permission-less global payment system readily available through bitcoin. but neither will sell people on joining it.
if the apps built on top of nostr do valuable things, like https://highlighter.com does, then every nostr app and use case benefits, including the social clients.
this is going to be a long road, but one that fundamentally changes the way people experience the internet. if it doesnât succeed itself, it will certainly inspire the thing that does.
So what about bluesky? Is atprotocol a dead end if nostr is the most powerful network that exists today? And what about twitter/Musk? Where do you stand on all these exactly? I know nobody here criticises you because they want your money. But I'm curious, do you ever want to be accountable to yourself at least?
So whatever @Jack says we should believe the opposite?
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Right. So what is the point in zaps exactly? It seem every nostr client is really keen on implementing them. To me they are a turn off, for the reasons you said.
Only in the sense that people agree with every single term and condition of using twitter or not use it all. Or any other service, but we know 100% of people don't actually agree with them. They are pressured into consent by culture and necessity. Not really consent at all. And nobody wants long useless videos, they just want the content thats relevant, but what are the other options to get that info in an attention economy. Nostr, maybe, but only if posts aren't driven by people just trying to obtain sats from those with wealth (and therefore power) to be able to do so.
100% afree with this, but doesn't Zapping create a problem just a bad: People with lots of money pay for the tweets that have the most influence . Ie, the tweets that get the most attention/ zaps are ones that incentivise the wealthy, those with money to spend on zapping. My fear is that posts to nostr that gain the most influence will be the ones that can persuade the wealthiest in society to donate sats. Nostr politics becomes tied to the interests of those with the most sats to spend. So watch time algorithms of twitter are replaced with those able to make posts that attract the wealthiest donors. I'm not sure a social media platform that serves posts written primarily to appeal to the richest in society is good for society or good politics either.
To the later part: what about murderers and paedophiles?
The first person in the UK to get the covid jab was aired on national TV (BBC). It was an old gentleman who happened to be called William Shakespeare. His name was just a strangely distracting or amusing thing for most people. But I don't think it was a coincidence. Shakespeare's most famous quote is 'The whole world is a stage' . Matt Hancock was Health Secretary at the time and as he was being interviewed about it he could be seen holding back tears of laughter live on air. They really were taking the piss. The revelation of the method here was being played out in exageration, he couldnt believe his gang of crooks were getting away with this. That is why he was laughing. He did get away with it though.
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