I read the Nostr nips and all I got was this stupid brain tumor
Spend your money like money ain't shit
tl;dr
"Prove that Bitcoin is not owned & operated by the global shadow government."
You can't.
Even if it isn't, it's going to be. Why wouldn't it? Governments can deploy CBDC faster than individuals can establish an IBDC.
Until the world reforms its stance on accumulation of wealth, versus accumulation of value, we are at a loss. The borrower is always slave to the lender.
Regardless of which currency you choose to transact in.
Would change this to procure(d) because I don't mean to overstep the relationship between historical mining and present mining and future lack-of-mining
More specifically, "to anyone outside of their own economic circle".
This is a hypothetical clause which would imply that, "if I mined Bitcoin, and sent it to my friend Vic, who knows I want him to hold on to it for me, and he's never going to send it to someone outside of our authority, and we NEVER EXCHANGE IT FOR ANYTHING,"
then it remains unissued.
However when someone transacts Bitcoin to someone else with the intention of no longer possessing it, that is when Bitcoin has been issued.
The next person is thus the issuer of that particular set of Bitcoin.
So miners are not the only issuers, because peer-to-peer money enables us to BECOME issuers.
But they are the "origin" of Bitcoin and procure 100% of it for us to redistribute.
So perhaps it is semantically a bad choice of words. But I believe the point is valid. I'll explore this further.
As long as they are mining it they do. Only in infinitely diminishing amounts. Once a miner has transacted with their mined coin (to anyone but themselves), it has been issued. Over 90% of Bitcoin has mined, and I imagine most of it has been distributed as well.
People's problem is thinking Bitcoin is the answer.
Bitcoin is a proof-of-concept.
Yes, you read that right. The hardest money on earth is just a proof of concept.
It proves that we can be in control of currencies without middlemen such as governments and banks.
Does that mean Bitcoin can't become the world's only money? No, it could. It's just not what people really desire.
Does that mean we'll never see "The Bitcoin Standard"? Yes.
If you believe in "The Bitcoin Standard" then you must realize it was decided in 2009 that there would be a standard at all. Bitcoin created the standard. Other cryptocurrencies attempt to set new standards. No one has replaced "The Bitcoin Standard" yet.
Always be looking forward.
Nostr could be improved right now, by anyone, simply by replacing TLN transactions with a faster blockchain. It could be improved with native smart contracts on ETH. It could become eco-friendly by employing Efforce, or Chia blockchains.
It could be improved by changing the way relays work, or by changing its dependence on relays, or by expanding its capabilities by not JUST limiting it to relay-based communications.
LOTS can happen and LOTS will happen.
People's problem is thinking Bitcoin is the answer.
Bitcoin is a MEANS TO AN END.
MONEY is a MEANS TO AN END.
The question is then, "to what end is Bitcoin a mean to?"
We don't have that answer yet. The answer is just about everything. That is why Bitcoin is THE standard, for now.
However, we know people have been discussing the idea of, and some countries have even employed, CBDC's.
So we have two primary issuers of global currencies:
Miners and governments.
Is this decentralized enough for you?
Wake the fuck up.
The Insanity In Our World Is Driven By Money Printing
https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/insanity-our-world-driven-money-printing
?itok=JMSFcPrM
The excess and decadence enabled by a world run on broken, easy money allows people to live in a detached reality that leads them to push objectively false narratives.
Broken money leads people to store their value in sub optimal vehicles, like housing. This drives the cost of real estate up unnaturally and increases the gap between the βhavesβ and the βhave notsβ.
Broken money incentivizes governments to allow their borders to be bum rushed by cheap laborers who will take low paying jobs that enable the systemically fragile economy to keep chugging along while simultaneously increasing the chaos that already exists and diluting the values that the natives of this country believe in.
To this day, the biggest problem in the world right now is BROKEN MONEY.
One idea for the "next generation of Nostr applications" would be to incentivize users to collectively accumulate. Passing Bitcoin around to each other is a beneficial thing- but until we become a dominant, coordinated market force, then we are competing only with each other, and allowing corrupted entities of the past dictate our future.
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https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/
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Today is your opportunity to create the future you believe in
List + Confidence = Emergent Trust
Sometimes the best tip you can leave is practical advice
Create a copypasta for times you find yourself in this situation, or use ChatGPT to create one. Then you can paste a quick note that explains Nostr and where to find applications (like NostrApps), how to install a keymanager like nos2xfox. They will probably hop on board!
Social media is a complex labyrinth, especially for people who don't understand how the back-end of the internet works.
Even for those who do understand how technology works, UI is an entirely different ballgame. Even the most experienced developers will be left dumbfounded if a UI is not complimentary of the workflow derived from the application. That is why UX is relevant in the process of UI design.
The internet has become a beautiful, symphonic soup of UI/UX nightmares and daydreams.
This doesn't just apply to the experience of each individual website, but in fact, creates a global workflow and a global UI for each user. If you imagine every application you use daily, and compare it to mine, they are likely quite different, with some overlap.
The reason I bring this up is because I used to believe "discovery was poor on Nostr."
But I realized, just today, after 2 years of using the protocol- that tagging is a crucial element of Twitter. I didn't realize this sooner because I don't use Twitter, and other social medias I do frequent, do not rely as heavily on tagging!
Without tags, Nostr is an echo chamber. With tags, Nostr is a megaphone.
Now my problem is with applications. They don't convey the need to tag. Nor do they encourage the user to tag.
How can Nostr applications enable users to tag more frequently, and with purpose?
How can "communities created via tagging" provide further utility to the user? Tagging on TikToks operate sort of like communities, which is a noticeable effect of even filtering by a specific tag on Nostr. However it is not a native "feature," so much as a native "function."
Could relays use note tags to filter their own transmissions?
nostr:npub1jlrs53pkdfjnts29kveljul2sm0actt6n8dxrrzqcersttvcuv3qdjynqn I am sure you are busy, but you've been on my mind, so I feel like reaching you with these thoughts today. I hope you are well. :)
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