I don't know him personally but he's got lots of excellent content on his podcasts, mainly Citadel Dispatch. I listened to and read his stuff extensively. I also shook his hand one time and talked to him about things including Ten31. What he told me was along the lines of:
"I'm also into this VC fund Ten31 but you're most likely better off stacking sats rather than investing in it."
From what I can tell he is definitely NOT a bad actor and NOT just in for the NGU and his supported companies.
Although everyone has self interests I think he had demonstrated plenty of times that he cares about the whole ecosystem when he invited Ten31 competitors on his podcasts many times. He also discloses facts about his involvement in products and openly discusses tradeoffs associated with those products.
I never heard a single unwarranted / uninformed criticism from him about bitcoin-related products. Factor in that Citadel Dispatch is a live and unaudited show.
He's not an angel and nobody, including him never implied that, quite the contrary. I have some differing opinions in areas with him but I can see he's in for the long run and strives to align himself with the movement and the culture like many bitcoiners here on nostr.
Maybe I'm wrong and DYOR. But please don't carelessly dismiss people with superficial statements.
Using [npub.cash](https://npub.cash) .
Simple and gets the job done. Just how I like it.
Value is subjective but money is a powerful abstraction people use to simplify the mental burden and try to come to consensus on value in markets.
I believe the same is true of the relationship between trust and identity.
Trust is subjective but we use identities (real-world as well as online) to be able to look at a person from a certain perspective. This abstraction of the person makes assigning trust simpler because we can now talk about that person in a specific context between each other.
Money and identity are necessary to create an effective society.
In the information age we recognized the power of digitized money and identity. But since digitization is yet another layer abstraction it is hard NOT to get too far from the real world with digital money and identity.
I believe #bitcoin and #nostr make the right trade-offs mimicking human nature as much as possible.
They are open protocols which makes global consensus possible but the distributed nature creates room for different flavors:
Bitcoin and Lightning make effective free banking possible with #ecash . The different mints will implement different designs and policies attractive to different groups of people.
Nostr clients will use the NIPs they want and are also able to introduce new ones but they all must adhere to the basic architecture: Signed data relayed. Nostr also lets npubs gather reputation in different contexts because you can use the same npub in all nostr apps.
Which ecash mints or nostr clients are winning is always up to people to decide. But I believe we have the right concepts for an effective society for the information age.
Yes.
Difference: The potential Clients with issues post their problems first and then potential Troubleshooters can bid with Offers for the posted Tickets.
On Fiverr and similar platforms there is no bidding mechanism but Clients buy 'Gigs' that Troubleshooters define as their services beforehand as part of their Profile setup.
Here all you need is a nostr account to get things going.
These centralized platforms also don't use the users' Web of Trust (your web of not spam actually) to filter spam and scam.
They also control your possible connections borh ways and charge a hefty fee.
In SatShoot pledging support for app development is voluntary, however it is part of your displayed Reputation. This is the incentive to support this FOSS project.
Nice to meet you!
Quick tip: get a lightning address (e.g. at [Npub.cash](https://npub.cash/) ) to be able to receive zaps(sats) on your posts and other content!
This is probably the talk I'm most looking forward to giving this year.
My submission for Nostriga 🫡🥜
#Ecash and especially #cashu was my biggest epiphany this year.
There are no silver bullets, just trade-offs with different consequences and we desperately need to get the custodial space right if we want to win.
New nostr:npub1nstrcu63lzpjkz94djajuz2evrgu2psd66cwgc0gz0c0qazezx0q9urg5l workshop proposal:
"Playing with nutsack"
I'm all in! XD
Food for thought! Thanks for this!
There are so many exciting new opportunities for the different kind of nostr apps to monetize and we barely scratched the surface. Keep up the good work!
In P2P markets like [SatShoot](https://satshoot.com) I'm betting right now on a model where zaps that pledge support for the app are fed directly into User Reputation for being a good Client or Service provider. Trying to make this info stand out.
I feel the internet was an annoying surge of ads and a boring subscription hell before nostr.
Use the Force Luke
#Nostr is the civilized internet.
The web outside of it is a no man's land at this point.
I'm bullish on #nostr and #bitcoin to the point of infatuation.
Since I started developing [SatShoot](https://satshoot.com) I have been optimistic but man the more I get into it the more I feel we are onto something so profound and yet we cannot grasp the full depth of it yet.
Using your universal and unalienable identity to do ANYTHING on the internet is just mind-blowing.
Build Your purple sphere of influence because it will matter a lot.
I've been thinking about this ALL day! Crazy stoked!
Will implement as soon as this ships.
This is the final piece of the puzzle.
As I implemented zaps in [SatShoot](https://satshoot.com) I quickly realized how much friction LN zaps present. Free banking and free markets will win and we will enjoy all the flourishing that comes with it.
Bitcoin has brought about the long-awaited #FOSS era.
This is a disaster for some, and a great opportunity for others. That's just how change works.
Closed services will quickly lose momentum as the tide turns in favor of those who make the most use of the opportunities of #bitcoin and #nostr .
It is not yet evident how to handle such a radical turn: There will be a ton of projects that try to ride these waves but will fail to become sustainable.
I think experimentation is key. Such an attempt is [SatShoot](https://satshoot.com) .
I believe in the abundance mindset coupled with the right incentives. Let's see how this plays out...
I am also interested in designer collab for my app [SatShoot](https://satshoot.com) . Can pay sats, shoot me a DM if interested.
Tickets of test accounts should disappear once you login, if that's what you're asking. I will get rid of the default 'global' view of the ticket feed soon.
#Troubleshooting and #Freelancing on #nostr is gonna get sooo much better folks, I'm excited about this! :)
[SatShoot](https://satshoot.com) (previously bitcoin troubleshoot) is an app I created primarily for #FOSS projects to monetize by offering troubleshooting for sats.
Of course the app can be used for traditional freelancing but I strive to make design choices that improve troubleshooting for FOSS lovers and bitcoiners. Let's look at how it works and some of the features:
1. People with problems('Clients') post 'Tickets' and wait for 'Troubleshooters' to make 'Offers'
2. Offers define a pricing strategy(absolute or time-based) and the price. They can also pledge a percentage of their potential revenue to support SatShoot
3. Clients examine the Troubleshooters Reputation and take the best Offer available
4. Parties can exchange messages via DMs but they should switch to more private end-to-end encrypted comms to resolve the actual issue
5. The Ticket concludes, parties review each other and the Client pays the Troubleshooter if the issue was resolved. Client can also support SatShoot development
- Every event is filtered by the User's Web of Trust (aka web of not spam). If you don't have enough follows yet, the SatShoot account acts as a bootstrapper to the #WoT .
You will however need to have some followers for _your_ actions to be visible to others.
- Payments are implemented via public zaps which are used as Reputation signals in the app, along with Reviews.
- Reviews are implemented using the 'QTS' (qualitative thumb system) originally proposed by nostr:nprofile1qqsw3mfhnrr0l6ll5zzsrtpeufckv2lazc8k3ru5c3wkjtv8vlwngkspz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz9mhwden5te0wfjkccte9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9wshsz9rhwden5te0wfjkcctev93xcefwdaexwtcqsr773
- The app uses #ndk and the #outbox model. It will enforce some default outbox relays if you don't have it configured yet
- The app is beta software, please forgive some rough edges :) You can leave a public review on the app as a kind1 text note. I will read every one of them
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I could not have built SatShoot without the absolutely awesome people at #soveng !
Huge props to nostr:nprofile1qqs04xzt6ldm9qhs0ctw0t58kf4z57umjzmjg6jywu0seadwtqqc75spzpmhxue69uhnzdps9enrw73wd9hszynhwden5te0wp6hyurvv4cxzeewv4eszynhwden5te0wfjkccte9enrw73wd9hsxv8qkt , nostr:nprofile1qqsxu35yyt0mwjjh8pcz4zprhxegz69t4wr9t74vk6zne58wzh0waycpz3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wcqs7amnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wd4hk6qg5waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxummnw3ezucn8hc5xxp, nostr:nprofile1qqs8s6yvrum3u7uj8k2ndryjnrx2qmq7cz5fa2yh4gvph4sqjyfpl6spzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtcnrcpes and nostr:nprofile1qqsdsw677xya7l5ggcnjjjm49954g7q5c0878zv4eus8cpqwqwa70fqpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7aqyje9 for making all this a reality and helping us nostr devs build it right!
#satshoot #sec
UX of sovereign LN zaps is so bad on so many levels I don't know if it can be fixed at all.
Custodial LN suffers from privacy leaks on the other hand.
#eCash, and most specifically #cashu seems to have the best trade-off balance.
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