Tether is an under appreciated business.
$150B of risk-free float backed by a network-effect business.
A 21st century Warren Buffett would kill to own something like this.
In 2024 Visa settled at 15.7 trillion USD and Bitcoin settled 19.2 trillion USD.
But the more appropriate comparison to Bitcoin is Fedwire.
Fedwire settled 1,133 trillion USD.
Bitcoin is only 1.7% of Fedwire size. Still very early.
I used to live in Vegas. If you get time, grab an evening drink at Parasol Down in the Wynn. Affordable prices and a not to be missed evening light show every 30 minutes. I’ve taken a bunch of people there and they all loved it.
I think another aspect is probably privacy. You can’t really delete things you write on NOSTR, and everything is 100% public. High value for certain use cases, but really intense long term for many. nostr:note1yn5xzcyucw8yajneq9cclhswtqmvae0lltvp590rvrh4kujjh5wqk4wvea
NOSTR is not growing very quickly.
what do you think it’d take to make it grow faster?
for me:
- easier ways to find quality posts
- easier ways to onboard publishers
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Agree. Point is it's more signal than just summing zaps or reactions/comments. Ranking is cat and mouse.
I'd probably separate all the interactions by distinct entities, rank slightly higher for NIP-05, and use that until there's a better proof of work for identity. You could also add in pagerank.
What about distinction verified accounts engaging (zaps, comments, likes etc)? Seems like more signal nostr:note1cw5fuy670zmepwcs3teun0krh2hj4wnwkvh3mk0jej6qnp0n6j8supy69n
Interesting you can zap yourself.
So trending is hackable?
Insane there are half a million accounts here already.
Anyone know how many are NIP-05 verified?
