Although we often focus on the positive aspects of Nostr, it is important to also discuss its shortcomings and areas for improvement. This is not meant to criticize any developers, who have done an incredible job so far. However, as with any software project, there is always room for growth and improvement. What is something that you DO NOT LIKE about Nostr?

I do not like being an ignoramus when it comes to relays, and I don’t like the relay discovery and maintenance process, and probably it’s because I’m an ignoramus but it’s confusing as f@ck

People in suits are the human equivalent of dogs sniffing other dogs’ arses. They are completely free of talent, free thought and character. Group think morons

psyop tier list

If there is a soft fork in #bitcoin and transactions are made, then miners will mine the blocks, and nodes will verify. The longest timechain continues.

If someone else comes along with another soft fork, but their soft fork doesn’t include the newest upgrades, then that is actually a hard fork.

Unlike the blocksize wars, it’s possible this hard fork could pump very quickly. BlackRock has already said if the chain splits, they may not choose the "real Bitcoin".

I’m worried we might be put to this test soon, and our desire for fiat will battle against our love of freedom.

Please don’t fork off of Bitcoin 🙏🏻

The internet was way more fun in the early days - a digital Wild West - a wonder to explore.

I hope we can return it to that or at least try our best. The corporate neutered internet with speech policing is dystopian and boring. Let people take care of themselves!

# How to Build a Faked Social Network on Top of Nostr for Fame and Profit

Say you want to build a social network on nostr to monetize your users by paying them small Zap amounts to do "tasks" that make you money. These tasks could be filling out surveys or gamifying something that does not need gamifying. This post will walk you through every step to ensure everything looks legit and even get you to the point where you can raise VC money or at least appease your current ones.

**Note:** This is a thought experiment and does not represent any honest company or group. I do not recommend building what I am about to describe. It would be lame and fraudulent (potentially). Use any of this at your own risk!

## How and Why

You want to entice non-technical users to do tasks to get "rewarded" in Sats (Zaps). Say a survey company will pay you $5 per user who fills out the survey. You can reward the user with 10,000 Sats; they might think that is great! Which is somewhere around $0.40

First, you would build your custom nostr client and create a walled garden nostr relay; only your users on your client can write events. Everyone can read from this relay, which is suitable for appearances.

Then, you create many fake or sockpuppet accounts on your client/relay combo. It can be done manually or with some simple scripts to generate engagement and repost others' notes. It would be a way of creating Daily Active Users (DAUs). After this step, it is just a process of repeating daily.

Zapvertising would be an easy and cheap way to gain traction and become a "Legend" on nostr for auto-zapping almost anyone—especially your users. One important thing would be not to allow users to add other relays in your custom client. You need these real users to be behooved to your client and relay.

Now, we can leverage LLMs to create posts, have the scripts or company users repost, and generate engagement chains to legitimize the notes.

After a few months, you can show your investors (or potential ones) nifty charts and graphs of DAUs and the levels of engagement and tasks "users" have done to show what a success it is. From the outside, it may come off as odd to general nostr users but most likely would slip through easily. Outside observers could not see the IPs used by clients using your custom client since that is on your client and relay, which you control. The only way oddness can be discovered by doing due diligence is by doing frequency and linguistics analysis of notes.

Most nostr users who want to see the protocol grow in usage would turn a blind eye to this since it fulfills their goals when all is said and done.

To further ensure this activity is not discovered, it could keep users from exporting their nsec from the custom client you create. Claim it is for the use case of keeping non-technical users from exposing their keys.

Another easy way to create more buzz is to Zap wash your personal, fake, and sockpuppet accounts to make it seem like a lot of zapping is happening.

## Profit

Now, you have a fully insulated social network that leverages a much larger open one in nostr. You can appease your investors and even raise another round with all the "proof" of engagement and usage. Attract real users to complete more surveys and do tasks you get the lion's share of money for doing. Most due diligence or investors already working with you would take your word for the vast usage and numbers in front of them. Worst case, delete the logs and hide the LLM/scripts from them when the time comes.

I’ve been thinking of gathering in real life people who appreciate Nostr,like a big meeting for nostr users. What do you think about it? We could all get together, go to a pub, talk about Bitcoin,life,music,or whatever is on our minds. People that don’t live in Toronto are also welcome! Tell me your thoughts about it.

#asknostr

#nostrmeeting

#grownostr

interesting train of thoughts. free trade is great. i love that you want to expand global trade for commodity with bitcoin usage and there are def many ways to do this. Franchise model is fascinating - it provides a safety net. The part to be careful is limitation of brand creation. "cheap" is something has to be battled out with long lasting and quality. its a more recent sensation that has not shown its ripple effects. quick gratification may not always be handy. I think anything that sells on Nostr market is great but diff markets separations are needed for luxury vs regular goods, finished goods vs raw mats. Are you building nostr market, seller or a marketer?

Competition is beneficial. How do you tie franchise models here?

I believe tokens are a distraction for bitcoin. Its unavoidable just like how the fiat world has points, coupons, vouchers, loyalty programs etc. It might have its perks. It might build excitement towards and about Bitcoin. But a slowdown and distraction nevertheless. Happy to hear varying train of thoughts. I know a lot of good people here love the idea of tokens and I respect that. Just not my cuppa tea

How should a zap be called if it's cashu tokens?

#Zapathon

Bikini Effect + Domino Effect