Next time someone tells me that you cannot hold Bitcoin in your hand, I tell them that the size of the economy of the dollar is created by digits that you cannot hold. Debt.

Update: she liked them! I even got a smooch and a cheap feel in 👌🏻😩 nostr:note1y3f69v627j4607c83vsynfqsa9p3z9dhlxlq0dzwvhxg5sck6mmqxsaq7f

In case I don’t see you, good morning, good afternoon, good evening, and go fuck yerself! nostr:note14nlkpgrx4mrtlrad049t22zngyqtqa5pr2apedlhhr043gkqegvstuhrhe

And Jesus said unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, It is hard for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven. And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

I have my stack, now what?

Is it just me, or does it seem like everyone is super reluctant to monetize services and relays on #Nostr?

If we can’t make these things sustainable then we will either lose them, or they will stay nothing more than a weird little corner of the internet with lots of hope but no chance of ever scaling.

I still haven’t seen the basic model of zap sharing tried by any major client or relay. But I DO see regularly comments about how expensive relays are. I mean it might not work, but can’t we TRY it?

I want to make the distinction here too that this doesn’t mean we are closing off the network, we are adding permissions to the protocol, this doesn’t suggest at all to used closed source code, we simply need the services necessary to keep this ecosystem robust, to be profitable and have the resources to thrive. If they aren’t, then NONE of this works. Economics is everything.

I know building features is more exciting. I know we all want to make everything that we can free, and I agree all of the *code* should be shared. However, I think there is a natural insecurity (and I say this because I have this problem personally) with charging a fair price, and fearing criticism or the ire of people who believe everything should be free (as in price) when we need things to be free (as in Liberty). They are not the same, and confusing the two could stifle, or drastically slow down, the insane potential of this place.

TL;DR We have GOT to divert some energy to thinking about how to make this ecosystem sustainable, or we will lose it.

(Disclaimer: this isn’t a judgement on whoever is thinking about this problem. It just *seems* like few are. If you are building in this way please share your ideas or what you are trying. I’m extremely interested)

And just like that #poopstr is born nostr:note1jzqhugcscc3vycqpeq3v6uw8dpj2lmxpn344aasn45pc7uf8ysasdcttvn

Hey World! I’m joining Nostr on the same day the EU cracks down on free speech online. #freedom #freespeech