The hilarious part is that we are going to crush it so massively that other competing networks are going to look like toys in comparison. Much sooner than most think.

#NostrMarketing

First try capturing it with my mobile phone 🤳

while lightning isn't required for nostr, value for value definitely enhances the experience 💜

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TECHNICALLY SPEAKING THE BRAZIL X BAN IS TRIVIAL TO CIRCUMVENT.

THAT IS MOSTLY IRRELEVANT.

WILL LIKELY STILL BE EFFECTIVE AT SILENCING BRAZILIANS WITH LARGE AUDIENCES. LARGE KNOWN X ACCOUNTS. THEY WILL RISK PUNISHMENT IF THEY POST.

NOSTR DOES NOT FIX THAT.

We just had the biggest Bitcoin OTC trade in company history happen today.

Guess how much it was 👀

The closest guess gets 2,100 sats ⚡️

Gm.

It seems that it will be very hard for Brazil to identify and enforce the fines on VPN usage for Twitter/X. But it’s a powerful scare tactic.

When the United States banned gold ownership in the1930s (which lasted for four decades all the way into the 1970s btw), they didn’t really enforce it at the household level. They just had large prison terms that were rarely ever applied, which effectively dried up liquidity in the gold market.

Some people have pointed out that Nostr relays could be blocked by Brazilian internet providers if Nostr was big enough to matter. However, more relays could spin up, so they’d have to keep adding to the list.

Brazil’s government could then say it’s illegal to use VPNs for any Nostr app around internet censoring. The defense against that is to make Nostr as ubiquitous as possible. The more apps that tie into Nostr in some way, the harder it is to ever ban it in practice. Some people might not even know their favorite app uses Nostr. Imagine if everyone’s favorite short form app, long form app, podcasting app, reviews app, wallet app, recipes app, picture app, music app, and tons of other stuff are tied into Nostr, and how hard that would be to ban.

If Nostr becomes big enough to really matter, it’s because it’ll be tied into so many different things. That’s super powerful. And the devs keep building rapidly.

People I orange pilled in real life.

1. Old boss who was already rich - 5btc (still has it)

2. Ex business partner - 10btc (lost it trading, does forex now)

3. Friend from college - 2btc (sold at 20k to help with his dads medical bills)

4. Friend from high school - 4btc (lost it trading, later tried to hit on my wife)

5. Friend from high school - 7btc (spent it on partying)

6. Wife’s friend’s husband - 3btc (sold it all and bought ethereum)

7. Cousin in law - 1.2btc (sold half at 40k to pay debts)

8. Father - 2btc (died 18 months later)

9. Friend from college 2btc - (still has it, planning to sell at a million)

10. Wife’s coworker - 10btc (sold at 4k, later got into bcash)

If I had to trace my deep-seeded distrust of government to one moment, it would be 19 years ago today when Katrina decimated New Orleans. Local and federal government alike fumbled. People relied on friends, family, and community.

I'll never forget that for as long as I live.

damus is still the fastest out there

THE COMBINATION OF SIGNED MESSAGES AND KEY REPUTATION SYSTEMS WILL RESULT IN NOSTR BEING THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT OPEN DATA SET IN THE WORLD.

IMAGINE FADING THAT.

The feeds are on fire once again. I hope this momentum continues. Rumor has it that this type of engagement fuels innovation.

Wow. Thanks for that. 🥹

Complexity can be abstracted away. We’ll get there.

Take the dollar, for example. Far more complex and technical than bitcoin, yet people interact with it almost without thinking about it.

GN

It’s an honest measure - plain and simple.