Jack, if you do this, you have my word as an Android fanboy since 2010 (with dozens of Android figurines, clothes, toys, etc., yes I went hardcore Android nerd for a while) to abandon Android for your open hardware and open software model as long as it's comparable hardware wise.

This is all the research i need. Hard pass.

Welcome. We need your “I will make you obsolete” energy here. 🫱🏻‍🫲🏼

tfw you check in on your decentralized social media cousin and find out they’re dealing with all sorts of shit. Glad to see nostr apps fighting with Apple and not pissed off users.

Block is now everything I loved about Apple 20 years ago.

Apple is now everything I hated about Microsoft 20 years ago

If you are new and don’t get the hype about nostr, here is a quick recap of why it’s a big deal:

1. Network effects - when everyone builds into the same protocol without permission, you get all sorts of interesting interactions. All of them are then easily discoverable by your followers. Example: start streaming > access the entire nostr network without lifting a finger. Without the walled gardens, information travels further and faster to reach more people. This is probably the most powerful aspect of nostr.

2. No need to keep re-building your audience. They follow you no matter where you are, which app/client you are building or using. The moment a new app comes online, you have access to those new features plus your entire audience and their broader sphere of influence. This is massive for startups because one of the biggest challenges of startups is reach. Nostr makes reach much easier not only through the follow functions, but also due to the nature of the broadcasted note.

3. Cheaper infrastructure - the cost to host things is spread across relays. Instead of paying for massive server infrastructure, you can spread your costs to relays. They are still paying for it, and you can even pay for it yourself with a private / hosted relay, but you always have the cheaper option.

4. Ability to add nostr functionality to existing apps. Want exclusivity on your customers and data but the ability to tap into nostr? You can do that. A good example is Fountain podcast app - a hybrid model that works. Now, most apps that benefit from social interactions can also benefit from Nostr.

5. Zaps - yeah, not even first on the list! Frictionless, one tap payments (or no tap payments? - stream on budget), to anyone, anywhere, across client, across OS, across everything. 🤯

6. No need to identify yourself. No emails required, just sign an event with your private key and nobody has to know who you are. Relays will have your IP unless you mask it, but otherwise you limit your exposure to hacks. As long as you don’t share anything you’re not willing to be seen out there, you’re fine. Can’t have identity theft without identities 😂

7. No deplatforming. A client can ban you from using their services, but you can just use another client. There’s literally no way to stop anyone from accessing nostr short of taking down all relays and all clients. This will slowly become an impossibility over time as the number of clients for each use case explodes in numbers. The only thing they CAN do is limit you from their audiences - like Apple wanted to do with Damus because of zaps.

8. Entirely new use cases never before seen - with this level of flexibility, you can create services that have never existed before because they were literally not possible. The sky is the limit, go wild with your imagination!

There are probably so many other reasons, but these are my top 8.

I have completed 800 + followers on nostr. Thank you so much all #nostr friends 😊😊💜💜 Celebration 🎉🎉 for me Drop your 100 sat. Invoice I will pay it.

#plebchain #bitcoin

Apple has lived long enough to become the dude in the 1984 commercial.

If bitcoin is legal tender in El Salvador, wouldn’t Apple be required to accept it in their apps in that country?

Anyone know how this works? McDonald’s had to, right? Or is that because they are physically located there?

Ok. I am crushed by the possibility of Apple removing Damus from the app store, pure tyranny.

Which Nostr desktop client do you love most? I have never explored any other.

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One day Apple will wake up.

They can finally make a real Titanic sequel now

lol, this was suppose to say bitcoiner, still true, not deleting nostr:note15y7cskn8d9phnprhhdyvfdjyz64tpal6use4e70rk5vz73xfwk2qcwa0wa

Look at us Damus users, back to posting invoices like it’s January again. 😂 nostr:note16zd25ddvt686zv0tqwyh8nj5rezzct6agwhu396n4jm23wgdqguq9tejxa

How bad is USD?

It took until 2018 for the first $1 trillion American listed company to emerge. Over 200 years.

It took 2 more years for that same company to hit $2 trillion.

2 more for $3 trillion in 2022.

That’s a far more accurate measure of inflation than CPI.

I fully support and endorse RFK jr. based on this photo alone. No one this jacked can be a bad president lol 😂

The issue wasn’t with onlyzaps, the issue was they consider zaps on posts to be paying for digital content. This was what they told me over the phone. They will come for Podcasting 2.0 and boosts next.