In the early days of tw and many other social media there was no incentive to join, until there was.
Why I think Nostr is an alternative to people under autocratic regimes like Venezuela:
1) Inmune to Regime Control and censorship, so if the regime blocks social media (like it happened with X in Venezuela 6 months ago), Nostr cannot be blocked.
2) Decentralized and each user will own their account and followers.
3) Nostr is also a payment rail in BTC. This is KEY for freedom activists and regular citizens. At some point billions of $ of remittances will be able to be sent directly, fast and mega low cost.
4) Nostr is a BTC heavy community, these are people that take freedom and privacy very seriously. Freedom is the core purpose of millions who live under autocracy, so Nostr is at the intersection of financial freedom, free speech and political freedom.
5) expanding the community of Nostr people under autocratic regimes will be going to the frontline in the fight for freedom. There will be lots of learning and action.
I learned the hard way that it鈥檚 key to keep the key, I lost my previous key and opened a new account. Lesson learned.
So this is my active account.
I鈥檓 Leopoldo Lopez from Venezuela, joined Nostr a couple of months ago but lost my private key, standing next to Odell, I鈥檓 here to bring Nostr to freedom fighters in Venezuela and around the world.