Someone who has never meditated for the betterment of all beings fixates between two betters. Bitcoin's brightest.. how ironic #Bitcoin
Where the ceiling meets the sky, the horizon isn’t found.. it’s assigned. Chains rise, not to bind but to perform freedom’s eulogy, a proof-of-loss for what was never truly ours. Some call it fate. Others call it protocol. #Bitcoin #Usury
If we have solution, why require resolution? Without problems to resolve, what becomes of the resolvers?#Bitcoin
The chain is conditioned, the game weighted, the house designed to profit not from resolution but from repetition. #Bitcoin
The same players return not by mere accident but by the very structure of the board.. a reinforcement loop where suffering compounds like interest, where debts are never forgiven, only restructured into new servitude. #History
To see fear and shy away in disgust.. #Bitcoin
Guys...I had an idea recently that I've been simmering on, and I think I might be onto something big here.
The zapping ecosystem unlocks infinite possibilities for expertise-seekers and expertise-providers to meet for a win-win transaction. But I feel like we haven't even scratched the surface on this in terms of building out an ecosystem of P2P micro-economies through the use of the "#Ask_____" hashtag format.
Imagine... experts of all types, across all fields, aggregating around hashtags according to their skillset, so they can answer plebs' questions, who then zap them for their input.
Examples:
Doctors: #AskDocs
Lawyers: #AskALawyer
Web/App Development: #AskDevs
Need Help Writing: #AskAWriter
Need Relationship Advice: #DatingAdvice #AskAMarriageCounselor
Need General Life Advice: #AskALifeCoach
(Hashtag semantics could be tweaked of course, but you get the idea)
It could also be expanded into freelancing requests, such as:
Need a logo design: #NeedDesigner
Need editing help on a written piece: #NeedEditor
And literally anything else the purple hivemind could think of...
As you can imagine, the depth of which we could take this is infinite. Literally anyone out there with expertise in ANYTHING could bootstrap a hashtag that other nostriches could use if they ever need help. And if lots of other folks do see value in having a channel opened up with a group of experts in that niche, all they have to do is just follow that hashtag, and use it anytime they have a question.
Of course, in order for this to work, Both the experts and the question-askers would have to embrace the concept wholeheartedly, making those hashtags active enough that the experts have enough of a financial incentive to keep that hashtag bookmarked, and actually spend time scrolling through and answering questions. But I think this would fit so well with the Nostr culture, that it has major potential to gain momentum quickly.
We've already seen how popular #AskNostr has been, and that hasn't even had a formal #Value4Value culture around it. It emerged completely organically, exactly how I expect all of these others would, given enough community enthusiasm. Ultimately this whole idea would just be an evolution of the #AskNostr concept—expanding the "#Ask_____" format out to EVERYTHING, with the embedded etiquette that you ZAP those that help you.
Eventually, if it grew big enough, we may see a large enough ecosystem of hashtags emerge that we could have either npubs, or a centralized database that tracks the most popular #Ask_____ hashtags, so the whole community knows which ones are the most active should they ever have a question within that topic. (This would also act as great purple-pilling bait for experts from these fields that aren't on Nostr yet. By joining the protocol, they could then start earning #Bitcoin by participating in this zapping ecosystem, directly with people around the world who are willing to pay for their expertise).
Once this idea gets engrained deeply enough into the Nostr culture, the maintenance of the concept would be quite simple 👇
EXPERTISE-SEEKERS:
- Post your questions, using the corresponding hashtag (ex: for a medical question, #AskDocs)
- Follow good etiquette and zap the doctors who answer your question (perhaps you could also attach a bounty to the note, i.e. "best answer gets a 10K zap")
EXPERTS:
a) Keep tabs on the hashtag corresponding to your field
b) Answer questions
c) Earn zaps ⚡️
d) Optionally, you could also put the hashtag(s) you frequent in your bio, to raise awareness on it (thus bringing more future questions ---> more zaps for you 🔄) so your followers know that's where to go to get advice from you and other experts in your field.
This would be a very interesting free market experiment, which I could see blowing up should both experts and question-askers embrace the idea of an open ecosystem of #V4V help channels.
Since the most obvious example I can think of as a kickoff test would be medical advice from doctors, I will tag in the Nostr docs I know below. I know nostr:nprofile1qqsd7msd66kcej39cpuu0n4ln9jce7gjgz65ck6deyzyytnay95sqhspx9mhxue69uhkummyv5hxxmmfde3hyet9dvhxxmmd9ahx7um5wf3kc6t9de6z7ctsdyhhvvf0wfjkccteqyxhwumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmvqy38wumn8ghj7mn0wd68yttkv4exjenfv4jzuam9d3kx7unyv4ezumn9wsacwhjf has already been doing exactly what I talked about above on an individual level (answering dentistry questions to anyone who tags him, in exchange for zaps).
What do y'all think about this, nostr:nprofile1qqstzt0wugc7sklvr8e7fcl7ukyn63ym3ns4nmf2mnk0vqnz4l9x65qpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezumtfv3jxc6twvuhx67tydeeju6nsqythwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytn5dacx2arg9e5kuen0te28kw nostr:nprofile1qqsra0r5jp73ly50yz00yy8gwt9vqvl270lcne59x2rdghv3udg7l8spzdmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2urpvuhx2ue0sv2m5n nostr:nprofile1qqsxknkf3upwv3lqz3qtguammy48lt3puqdk4fkxtcedh99rvzfzwtsppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qydhwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgunsd3jkyuewvdhk6tcpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuen0w4h8gctfdchxvmgm0eauz nostr:nprofile1qqszjf0k3vznlcvcw4efurpywfannqkegp69kwccfvz5yzqgft6tukcpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtc8n0pm0 nostr:nprofile1qqst0xtvrqlqxm0j0qpfgkuqh0wgkzl4judkvgdgd0e4d8pnyytlqlgpz4mhxue69uhhwmm59eekjctdwd68ytnrdakszxthwden5te0wpex2mtfw4kjuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtcpz4mhxue69uhhwmm59eek7anzd96zu6r0wd6qu6c2pf nostr:nprofile1qqsdvyenvujkqs4xwae3se2m78ecmrxaj385h2nvpdcw7jcztx227pqprpmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctvqy28wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hszyrhwden5te0dehhxarj9emkjmn929qg0h? Would you participate in following the #AskDocs hashtag, answering people's questions, and earning extra zaps for it?
I'll leave it here for the Nostr community to discuss. Am I thinking too big, or could this be the next big trend that takes P2P #V4V into another stratosphere?
Share your thoughts below!
Good starting idea but AI will make information generation cost obsolete. Need to plan for signal per byte or some other metric to filter noisy floodgates.
We didn’t stop using lanterns just because they were outdated.. we stopped because the powers that be built the grid and made sure we all plugged in.
So if a better decentralized currency appears, does it naturally replace the old one? You wouldn't just let light shine freely, you sell it back in measured volts.
You jump to the question "Will people flock to the better system?" without stopping to think about "Who owns the switch?" #Bitcoin
What happens when someone discovers how to make fire with better lighters? Will people simply not conjure fires the old way anymore? What is new has become old haha.
Kindness. Bitcoiners seem to think they would've chosen differently had they been in their fiat-counterparts shoes. #Bitcoin
In our current non-lasting present, where every headline and every crisis might seem to echo the weight of history, we find in our daily conversations and shared digital intimacies a living, breathing affirmation of hope. #Nostr #Bitcoin
Share into the void from breath till grave.
A silent rebellion against a system that, in its rigid insistence on ownership, had long forgotten that wisdom is the common inheritance of all beings. #Bitcoin
Drum up a crisis, consolidate power, and make sure the profits keep rolling in for those at the top. #History #Bitcoin
Food for tasting thought:
If Bitcoin is just another asset, then bitcoiners are not revolutionaries, just early adopters of the next stock.
If Bitcoin is money outside control, then why is it taxed, regulated, and influenced by the same forces that control fiat?
The illusion of (de)centralization is useful.. because it keeps people engaged in a system they think they control.
The endgame isn’t just digital money. It’s programmable value networks that dictate economic behavior at the code level.
Bitcoin wasn’t a revolution. It was an early-access beta test. #Satoshi
What system are you referring to? Shells and Barter? The tally stick system of stock and folly? The bi-metallic systems? The gold standard system? The fiat system?
What does "fuck the system" mean to you? Preventing those at the top from fucking every day and having kids? Ensuring those at the bottom can fuck and be powerful enough to dictate daily worth-a-fuck decisions in newer systems? There is only one constant, change, but now we have a new name for it.. unspent transaction output. #Bitcoin
You want to live in a society where people fear a lord they cannot see? No wonder IMF thrived in Bolivia, the fiat runs in the religious blood #Bitcoin
To encrypt is to shield; to shield is to trust. In every coded covenant, we etch a promise beyond the ledger. #Bitcoin
For what is unconditional love and kindness
If not the offering itself, before it is even needed? #Bitcoin