yes it is, and one of the best onboarding experience
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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! ♥️☀️
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you got me
I got so caught up with boostagrams and Primal 2.0 I forgot to do something crucial. Here is my official #introductions post:
My name is Cole McCormick, I live in Los Angeles. I’m an early adopter and innovator. I came out here to Direct movies and tell stories. I am a podcaster, my first being in 2016, currently hosting AMERICAPLUS. I’m also producing promotional videos for nostr:npub1pj3a304qsdh99yr5wkug75rfznr284fzy7zalfnuwkctwyye2djsae7des .
In 2021 I discovered nostr:npub13ql75nq8rldygpkjke47y893akh5tglqtqzs6cspancaxktthsusvfqcg7 and his shows, one of them being podcasting 2.0, that took my down a wonderful rabbit hole. I rediscovered the magic in podcasting and was aligned with the ethos of V4V. I wanted to earn Bitcoin for my work, I was one of the first 1200 podcasts that had a value tag on their rss feed.
My vision for AMERICAPLUS has always been to seek positivity in the world. So I talk about a lot of different topics I think are good to talk about. Bitcoin, politics, spirituality, history, movies, Bible, and most recently Nostr. It’s been a solo mission but I have plans for more conversations/interviews and have that be the main thing.
I have made two short films (which I will be posting to Nostr soon) “The Break In” based a real and random night, and “Magic Mushroom Fun Time!” Which was the first V4V short film using V4V Music and distributed over RSS. I gave my small crew splits of payment from the podcast apps and we all made thousands of Satoshis. That was cool.
Fast forward to the last few months my life has been changing rapidly. My dad died in August 2024, I’m working at a steakhouse that, to be completely honest sucks ass, and I’m going through a break up 😂. BUT…I found Nostr.
I seek to be the best version of myself ultimately. Aligning my personality with my soul. So I am going into 2025 with creativity and an open heart. I want to be apart of this new world in the best way I can serve creatively. More videos and short films coming. More podcasts with cool and innovative people. More light.
If you would like to connect I’m always up to talk. If you want to help me make a movie, the answer is yes! If you want to come on my show, let’s schedule it! If you think this post is worth it, zap it!
My soul goal is to give value to people in the best way I can. We are in incredible unprecedented times, and I see only bright things for our future. Let’s go to the moon plebs.
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