Cool! Thanks for the recommendation! Looking forward to it.
Spend your time using the kind of things you wish made our world. Don't reinforce broken legacy systems by using them just because they are convenient. H/t #[0]
"Will is a team of one building the Damus app, creating tons of value for all of these people. When other developers see what is happening on Nostr, and how permissions innovation gets rewarded for building what people want to use, they will be drawn to contribute their efforts to build value on to of Nostr." Great interview, #[0] #[1]
?t=162274484769Oh, I'm loving this. Sats fueling a life worth living is what it's all about.
NEW NOSTR CLIENT ANNOUNCEMENT:
ONOSENDAI γͺγγ»γ³γγ€
a cyberspace client for the one true metaverse: nostr
π https://onosendai.tech π (hint: in alpha. desktop/android works best right now)
ONOSENDAI visualizes objects on the nostr protocol in an interactive 3D world referred to as 'cyberspace'.
β‘ Semantic Coordinate System (β )
Each nostr note (kind 1) is assigned a 3D point in cyberspace based on the _meaning_ of its content using a 256-bit simhash. This unbiased algorithm maps all notes to a 3D universe you can explore.
β‘ Proof of Work for Localization of Constructs (wipπ οΈ)
Placing 3D objects in Cyberspace is a self-evident necessity. Kind 10333 notes may be published with content set to a common 3D format to create public 3D visualizations. Proof of work can be utilized to mine the event ID hash which determines the coordinate location. Proof of work is the only way to claim cyberspace real estate.
β‘ Presence (wipπ οΈ)
Ephemeral events could be used to *optionally* share your current position in cyberspace so that other users can visualize your movement and interact with you.
π‘ Rationale
Cyberspace (in this context) is an early-internet trope from the 80s. It's an enthusiastic and naive speculation on the future of network-connected computers and how humans might use them. Ultimately, instead of interacting in 3D virtual spaces, humans ended up interacting via documents in web browsers which is much more practical and efficient than 3D visualizations.
Besides the problem of visualizing content, there are several more critical problems with the concept of cyberspace that are rarely (if ever) addressed in fiction:
- Who hosts it?
- Who decides how it looks?
- Who owns the content?
- Who makes the rules?
- Who assigns the space?
- Who controls it?
These questions are answered satisfactorily in the era of bitcoin and nostr:
- Who hosts it? nostr relays
- Who decides how it looks? nostr clients like ONOSENDAI
- Who owns the content? users cryptographically own their content
- Who makes the rules? open source consensus
- Who assigns the space? an impartial algorithm + proof of work
- Who controls it? πNOBODYπ
In my opinion, it is only in the context of bitcoin and nostr that something like cyberspace could make sense. Without the decentralized properties of nostr and bitcoin, cyberspace is just another 3D game owned by a company. However, when cyberspace is decentralized, enforces property rights, responds to proof of work, and enables instant value transfer, it becomes something entirely different.
Because cyberspace inherits all of these unique properties from nostr and because value transfer can be executed in cyberspace through bitcoin lightning, I argue that it is time for humanity to take another look at this dusty old concept and start exploring it with renewed interest.
I, unlike many metaverse enthusiasts, have a strong moral preference for reality over illusion. The idealized metaverse or cyberspace worlds that Meta and the like want to build are nothing more than a drug used to extract resources from miserable VR-goggled souls. That is the fiat version of cyberspace and it sucks. I am not interested in building clever simulations that seek to replace reality. I want to build tools that enable people to connect and be more productive. I want to open up new channels for communication, innovation, and human flourishing in reality.
Cyberspace is a new way to visualize the new paradigm for digital communication and property. It is wholly based around cryptography and digital ownership. If not for these things, cyberspace would be irrelevant.
A cyberspace built on decentralized protocols and sound money β nostr and bitcoin β has the potential to be something innovative, healthy, and ultimately productive for humanity. Cyberspace can be something where wealth is not extracted but rather generated by work and free markets. Cyberspace could be a new medium of connection built on sound principles that can enable humanity to do new things not previously dreamed of.
If it were not for the profound inventions of bitcoin and nostr, these aspirations would be nothing but ludicrous and delusional. In fact, any metaverse or cyberspace built outside of the context of bitcoin and nostr are delusional at best and Machiavellian at worst. Spoiler: it's the latter in most cases. But we have the opportunity to build something better. We have the winning hand. Let's make it happen.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk. Let's build. Read lots more and contribute at https://github.com/arkin0x/ONOSENDAI
Made with love posthaste,
arkinox
PS - I'd rather have reposts than zaps! Tell your friends! Thank you! π
Plebs building a better future based on thoughtful personal values. Love to see it!
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This was fun to put together. After 120 shows of the #BitcoinΒ Fundamentals Podcast, I picked 5 moments that were really instrumental for my own learning. These were some of the guests involved: #[1]β #[2]β #[3]β #[4]β #[5]β #[6]β #[7]β
Watch: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=raxpm9Qu7rI&feature=youtu.be
Your show is a Bitcoin treasure. Thanks again, Preston. π«‘π«β‘
Awesome! Great to be connected! I'll do my best to be strong source flowing to you. β‘π€
There is no second best.
I was raised in the Mormon church, and still consider much of my identity deeply rooted in what is my native wisdom tradition, so I know that what I'm about to say is divisive. But I need to say it. I could never say this at church, so I'm hoping I can say it here.
What if Christians miss the second coming because they think they know what they are looking for, and the truth is different from what they expect?
If Christians are honest with themselves, they have to admit this is a very real possibility, highlighted repeated by the Bible itself. The Jews didn't recognize salvation in Jesus because the miracle worker from Galilee who preached to love your enemy wasn't the political champion they anticipated. Those who sought to better worship God by etching him into stone accomplished the opposite of their intended efforts and instead estranged themselves from the true and living God by becoming idolaters.
When we freeze our understanding of God to a particular image of our limited understanding, we become idolaters and estrange ourselves from the true and living God.
Jesus embodied truth and love.
What if Christ's Second Coming refers to a time when once again truth and love are embodied on Earth, but not in a form that any Christian anticipates? The Old Testament repeatedly pointed to Jesus as the salvation that would walk among men, yet the experts and keepers of that tradition completely missed it.
What if Bitcoin fulfills the prophecy of truth and love embodied once again on Earth, walking among men, and bringing them salvation?
The prophecy goes that Christ will return and reign over the Earth in peace and prosperity for a thousand years, subduing all power that the devil once had. The prophecy goes that eventually every knee will bow, and tongue confess - which implies that many people will at first not recognize the Christ, even though he is staring them in the face.
How could people not recognize Christ?
What if instead of Christ returning as a being of light, truth, and love he actually returns as a network of energy, truth, and love?
Christ said that until we are one, we cannot be his. What better way to unite as one than to all speak the same incorruptible language? What better way to cooperate as one than to grant immutable property rights to every soul on earth that no tyrant can exploit?
As Jesus said, the kingdom of heaven is at hand. You just have to learn to recognize it.
I work for Bitcoin.
Like an early founder placing all their bets on a company they believe in, I've dedicated my life to bringing sound money to the world.
Yep, Bitcoin would be fine without me.
But Bitcoin would not be fine without people like me.
We are Bitcoin.
I expect proof of identity solutions to be implemented on Nostr but not at the protocol level. Probably many different solutions will emerge that different Nostr communities use more than others.
Here's my current set
wss://nostr.wine
wss://eden.nostr.land
wss://puravida.nostr.land
wss://relay.orangepill.dev
wss://nostr.milou.lol
wss://bitcoiner.social
NostrGram has a nice tool under seeing to check to see which relays the notes have been seen at. You can use this to see where popular paid relays are for your follows.
Paid relays currently serve this exact function. Pay to join relay. Spam and get kicked out.
Nice! What is the time zone?
You have no lightning address set up for me to β‘ you!
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"Aum" is a wonderful word that represents to our ears the sound of the energy of the universe from which all things are manifest. When you have pronounced this properly, all vowel sounds are contained within. Consonants are merely interruptions of aum. All words are thus fragments of aum, just as all things are fragments of source. "Aum" is the 4 elemental word, the 4th being the silence that welcomes it back.
--Joseph Campbell, on God and the Word, 2 months before his sudden passing.
His description seems all the more beautiful knowing that it came a couple of months before his own unexpected interruption, welcoming him back to source.
Clip starting around minute 52:47