why not just release your ideas earlier so they can be evaluated? What if you are off in the wrong direction? There has already been very productive conversations on nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6 ‘s gitstr proposal.
Sure it would be nice to get feedback from the community but not just yet. We don't want to spend our time discussing the specs with a slow social consensus mechanism right now. If the direction seems "wrong" but it works, we can build around it after we release. The alpha release is just a starting line. But it just has to work before we release.
For us the alpha release is really the starting line. That's when the real discussion begins. Before that any public discussion on the specs would just slow us down like it did when we tried to go fully open & FOSS from the beginning with the NostrGit project (now merged with the GitNestr project). I hope we get the bounty soon after we release but that doesn't mean we're going anywhere. That's when people can start making actionable proposals and not just hypotethical suggestions which reach consensus very slowly before anything is actually built.
I'm just saying that when we have something working then it becomes a much more meaningful conversation. Public spec discussions work when maintaining a project, not so much when building one from scratch.
But I also hear you, it would be nice to have efficient collaboration with all of the teams which have already given a lot of thought to these problems. I hope we'll get there after we release. Don't get too hanged up on the wording "polished product". It's really just a starting point for a healthy FOSS project.
It's true we have burnt a lot of resources while keeping our heads down. Still, our project will be completely FOSS after the alpha release and can therefore be altered according to the needs of the community. I hope we'll get lots of FOSS contributions. The bounty only gets us to the starting line so to speak.
I really think the discussion will be more fruitful once we have a working MVP.
It's good to keep in mind that while bitcoiners are discussing CTV and other scaling solutions, the general public is still wrapping their heads around absolute scarcity and infinite divisibility.
I like to call it the Messiah Fallacy. You cannot create infinite value by dividing bitcoin infinitely just as you cannot feed an entire population by dividing a finite amount of bread and fish infinitely.
I conclude by saying that Jesus was a young and a naive god. Still, no one should get murdered by the state like that.
Exactly. Seek not what our ancestors did. Seek what our ancestors sought.
Fair enough. Paying a subscription to google might not benefit the creators though.
Why would anyone pay for youtube premium when there are various invidious instances (no ads)?
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Not a question of should/shouldn't, I think. If a religion enriches culture and/or strengthens people's ties to the local land then it is beneficial overall. Should never be socially or legally mandated.
Christianity has sadly eradicated cultures historically speaking. All who do conversions and missionary type stuff are doing more harm than good.
All religion is a foolish answer to a foolish question.
We need foolish questions.
Where did you land with this?
A commendable response. Kudos to you for acknowledging the counter argument.
Still, it's a mighty project, keep at it 💪
Lyn Alden explains it in her book "Broken Money".
I would guess the root idea comes from the hawala system. If you understand hawala then you might understand ecash as well.
I don't think it's a token like you mean. If I'm not mistaken the "token" is essentially a secret string. The "token" gets transferred when Alice reveals the secret string to Bob. Then Bob can use the secret string to redeem sats from the mint.