#grownostr

#nostrmusic

#nostrplebs

#punk

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Awesome. I actually spent 13 years in SoCal, mostly in Hermosa Beach. Been in the southeast for 2 years now but i make it back to california decent amount of

Yea man. Agree. I put the politics aside for this one. She’s respectable, big audience, good songs. Just an idea. Personally, I can go from Slayer to Taylor in the same playlist and find something good in all of it. Hoping people can

open their minds here. Feedback welcome!

This could be an utter failure or the beginning of an epic Swiftie enlightenment moment. Win or learn. We’ll see.

these are the beads from #6 that apparently got chopped off.

Chapter 1: Ledger’s as the Foundation of Money (Taylor’s Version)

1/ Money consists of coins and bills. Right? Actually no. If you rewind history, money begins as a ledger.

2/ A ledger is just a record of who owes who what. Imagine a primitive Swiftie village where everyone excels at a specific skill and helps each other out.

3/ In this village, you’re great at making Taylor fan art, while your friend is a pro at getting concert tickets. You both keep a mental score of what you’ve given and received—no cash needed, just trust!

4/ If a big concert is coming up, you might say, “I’ve made a lot of art for you, can you get me an extra ticket?” Your friend is probably going to get you the ticket. This works because everyone trusts each other. No physical bills are exchanged. It’s all about keeping a mental ledger.

5/ Now, let’s level up: Your Swiftie group (we’ll call this Group A) is known for fan art, but another group (Group B) many miles away makes Taylor-themed enamel pins. You want to trade, but you don’t know them and can’t trust they’ll deliver.

6/ To solve this, both groups agree to use bracelets made of rare beads as currency. Let’s pretend these beads are found in nature. They also vary in size and color. They might look something like this:

7/ To create a bracelet, Swifities must first collect the beads, polish them and drill holes into them. This takes work. It makes the bracelets tough to replicate and nearly impossible to fake.

8/ Since they are hard to fake, bracelets become the currency everyone trusts. This system is like real history, where ancient tribes used shell beads for trade. Why? Because a tribe member could just request beads from someone instead of an undesired item until they came across they actually wanted. Our Swifties operate the same way.

9/ In our Swiftie world, beads are the ledger. But who controls the ledger? As we have stablished, nature dictates how many beads exist, making it hard to cheat the system. You earn beads by creating and trading value, like fan art, but you can’t just create more beads out of thing air. This keeps the system honest.

10/ The question of who controls the ledger has been an important one throughout time. History shows that whoever has the most advanced technology controls the ledger. What do we mean by this?

11/ Well, imagine another highly intelligent Swiftie group (Group C) develops a cutting edge technology to make realistic counterfeit beads. They can flood the market with these beads, effectively controlling the supply and value of all the beads being traded.

12/ In short, Group C now has the power. They use this power to taking advantage of others without creating more value. For example, they might ask for more fan art from Group A without having to produce anything for them in return.

13/ The lesson? Whoever controls the ledger, controls the game. That’s why money’s history is so important—it shows us the power of trust and fairness in trade. As we’ll see in later chapters, other Swiftie communities must adapt or lose.

14/ For a deeper dive into this subject and more, check out the book “Broken Money” by nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a , which you can purchase here: https://shorturl.at/J147M

#money

#brokenmoney

#music

#bitcoin

#taylorwift

#technology

#swifties

#introductions

#art

#finance

#nostrmusic

#plebs

#hodl

🚨 TLDR: Swifties deserve Bitcoin too. This will sound odd coming from a guy with a punk rock background, but hear me out. 🚨

“Broken Money” by nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a is huge with finance nerds, but money affects everyone. The problem? It’s long and can be intimidating if you’re not into economics. Like, I wish my girlfriend would read it, but she’s more into Taylor Swift content than finance interviews with people like nostr:npub1s5yq6wadwrxde4lhfs56gn64hwzuhnfa6r9mj476r5s4hkunzgzqrs6q7z, nostr:npub1k7vkcxp7qdkly7qzj3dcpw7u3v9lt9cmvcs6s6ln26wrxggh7p7su3c04l, and the like. And I bet you know a #Swiftie who feels the same.

So, how do we get music lovers to care about money matters? Imagine Taylor Swift breaking down the financial system in a way her fans get (and no, this isn't about politics). Over the next few weeks, I’ll be translating “Broken Money” using the universal language of music—specifically in #Swiftie speak.

Why Taylor? Because music unites like nothing else, and she’s the biggest artist on the planet. Does this mean I’m a Swiftie? No. Do I like some of her songs? Sure. The point is, if her fans start to get what us Bitcoiners are about, this could be huge.

I’ll summarize each chapter in easy-to-grasp Notes, old-school thread style for those who aren’t into reading novels (like this post 😅). I need your help: Share these notes with music lovers (including non-Swifties), especially if you have a big following. Even a simple screenshot can go a long way.

This is an experiment, and my stuff won’t be perfect, but maybe it’ll be enough to get some Swifties interested in the world of money and Bitcoin. Let’s make this happen!

Last but not least, if you or someone you know gets hooked, I encourage you to check out Lyn’s book here: https://shorturl.at/J147M

Now let’s get out there and bridge the gap between music and money!

#money

#brokenmoney

#music

#bitcoin

#taylorwift

#technology

#swifties

#introductions

#art

#finance

#nostrmusic

#plebs

#hodl

That’s funny. Along the lines of the tracks you suggested, perhaps these additions might work?

The Damned - Neat Neat Neat

DEVO - Uncontrollable Urge

Cock Sparrer - England Belongs to Me

Sham 69 - If the Kids Are United

Dead Kennedys - Let’s Lynch the Landlord

New York Dolls - Personality Crisis

Also I tried to zap you some sats but it doesn’t seem your wallet is set up yet!

I like it. Sensing some Dead Boys and Fear influence? If you’re playing shows anywhere near me would love to check you out.

any bad brains post deserves a zap but you didn’t have your lighting wallet set up for me to send you sats. it doesn’t take long to do if you’re open to it. here are the steps:

1. Tap the lightning icon at the bottom middle of the screen

2. Select Activate Wallet

3. Input some basic info

🤘🏻

hello and welcome! i think you will

like the burgeoning arts scene on nostr. sweet to have another contributor in the nostrverse. super random question but has anyone ever put music to your poems? like elton john did to bernie taupin’s lyrics? nostr might be the place to find that person. check out nostr:npub1yfg0d955c2jrj2080ew7pa4xrtj7x7s7umt28wh0zurwmxgpyj9shwv6vg and the cool stuff they have going on. #music #nostrmusic #introductions

was going to zap you some sats (for your first time receiving one, its a neat experience and really opens your eyes). seems your wallet isn’t set up. highly recommend. it’s a pretty simple

process to set up through primal.

glad to have you onboard!

legend!

Very much agree with you on the V4V approach! It’s been extremely hard to scale in practice but we’re heading in the right direction. My company almost did a deal with a group from Chicago that ICO’d in 2017 w a similar concept. Right now there are a few issues at play. First, outside of western Europe and the US, many people don’t even have the income or financial access to contribute as they would like (hence why paid music subscriptions are roughly only 7% of all music streamers in those markets, and it goes as low as 1-2% in places like Indonesia, which is the 4th largest country in the world by population). Second, the major labels have a death grip on much of the music people

still want to hear. This is slowly changing, but the ideal scenario is some

kind of mass exodus of many big artists from the major DSPs to enable a critical mass of users on the burgeoning V4V platforms. As is, toggling across multiple music services is a hindrance for the casual listener, especially if they are only going to one service for like 2 artists or something. In any case, like I said, we’ll get there, though I envision some kind of pareto principle at play - like 20% of fans are responsible for 80% of ‘tips’ or something. I will help how I can! I’ve spent the last many years as co-founder and head of music at TREBEL, a music service you can read about below. Learned a lot in the process. Good luck Joe! Stoked to check out your music this weekend. Unrelated but I saw your pic w Abba and I LOVED it. Big fan. Rutgers Gunnarsson was a special kind of bassist. RIP.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trebel_(music_app)

muy cool. placer conocerte!

dios mío que padre! como lo hiciste? wow

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