HOLD IT RIGHT THERE #BITCOIN MY DCA ABOUT TO HIT.

Curious what people are looking for on nostr. I just post what’s on my mind, irrespective of how it’ll be received, but it occurred to me people only occasionally here for that type of content.

I’m here for two reasons: (1) To find signal — I want to learn something or be reminded of something that’s true; and (2) to find an audience for my thoughts and observations, to distribute my “work.”

The first is hit or miss. There’s a lot of GM posts and a lot of technical posting that’s over my head. But there’s enough signal to make checking my feed worthwhile.

The second is also hit or miss. I find *some* engagement, have grown a surprisingly decent following, but many if not most posts go into the void. I also wonder why it matters, since I am not making a living in nostr, and following/engagement for its own sake is largely empty dopamine.

But I guess I envision a world where one *might* one day make a living just expressing thoughts and observations, and that amazingly utopian prospect keeps me going — imagine how cool it would be just to speak your mind and get paid for it.

To be clear, no one is obligated to read anyone else’s posts, and maybe my interests and worldview just don’t resonate with that many people. After all, I’m almost 54, and most of the people using this protocol are much younger. Would 30-YO me be interested in what I’m writing now? I’d like to think so, but maybe not.

But I really am curious why people are here — is it mostly theoretical, the idea that you are on a protocol, not a platform, that it’s freedom tech? Or is there something specific you get out of it?

I am often reminded how much I hate the subscription model that is everywhere now. Subscribe for content, for software, for services...

I understand the reasons for it:

-The service provider wants consistent, regular, predictable income.

-Too much friction in micropayments

But it is hugely disadvantageous, costly and inefficient for the consumer. It can very easy for providers to abuse the automatic payments to increase fees, force upgrades, plan obsolescence, farm data, upsell premium services... and in general have more control over the product or service than the user who is paying for it. Not to mention that a standing relationship requires a contract and that's a perfect opportunity to push abusive and unreadable TOS.

Managing dozens or scores of subscriptions also has a mental cost. I would argue that a higher mental cost and more long term friction than making a series of one-off payment decisions.

Zaps show what is possible for micropayments. Easy, fast, one-click payments.

There is more we can do with this tech: paywalls, streaming, quick-sales, pay-for-update, invoicing, zapvertising...

We are just getting started.

Strange thing happening. Was in Valencia, Spain the last couple days, wife went with some friends to a wine tasting, I bailed, just kind of wandered around the city. At one point, I stopped into a running shop to check out some “barefoot” style shoes. I have wide feet, get squeezed by regular running shoes.

Was in there for maybe two minutes, checked out a pair of Xero shoes, picked it up for five seconds, put it down, walked out.

Last two days, been getting spam email advertising Xero shoes.

Had not mentioned this to anyone, either.

Fucking cell phone is tracking what stores/shoes I’m looking at apparently.

Mood

What do you do with an ocean-view residence, a disproportionate bank account, the latest iPhone, the latest five-meter SUV, when the one thing you really need you can't buy?

MENTAL HEALTH: No other asset got maniacs riding it to either zero or a milli USD and call 80% crashes ‘character development.’

How ya’all doing my fellow #Bitcoin Psychopaths?

Nostr exclusive release?

I saw a few posts here dunking on Dan for his anti-Nostr posts on Twitter/X.

I'm grateful for them. Happy to treat it as a marketing/education opportunity. If life gives you lemons, see if there's a way to make lemonade.

5 days til block 888888. Will fees come back? Are people going to try to get inscriptions or ordinals in that block?