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A Podcast and Newsletter review of Bitcoin Software updates and related topics with NVK and guests.
🚀 BR085: Nostr Rising 08 - Nostr Funding ft. @Lyn Alden , @Max , @ODELL & @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 Listen to the episode: ➡️ Fountain: ➡️ Spotify: ➡️ Amazon: ➡️ Apple: ➡️ YouTube: Shownotes: ➡️ Website: ➡️ Substack: Lyn gives her optimistic take on nostr funding, and cautions us to be patient, as the ecosystem is still in the discovery stage when it comes to monetization. 👇
Remember when SSL certs were used to verify #Bitcoin payments? Nostr takes that concept further, offering a decentralized way to find and verify payees. 🌐🔒 The VC term “Venmo for Bitcoin” doesn’t quite capture it, but the potential is massive, as @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 explains in BR083.
The fragmented podcasting landscape—with countless apps and hosts—lacks unified social features. @Oscar Merry explains how integrating nostr could be the bridge podcasters need to build community across platforms. [BR082]
Right now, we're in the replication stage on Nostr—recreating platforms like Medium, Twitter, and Substack. But what happens when we go beyond? How might an open protocol change things? 🌐 @miljan and @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 share their thoughts in BR084.
🚀 BR084: Nostr Rising 07 - Long Form Content ft. @David King , @miljan & @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 Listen to the episode: ➡️ Fountain: ➡️ Spotify: ➡️ Amazon: ➡️ Apple: ➡️ YouTube: Shownotes: ➡️ Website: ➡️ Substack: Miljan and DK discuss the freedom and flexibility of highlights on nostr, and the possibilities that this enables. 👇
Simplified groups, unique relay policies, and diverse designs—could these be the future of a richer nostr network? 🌐🚀 @PABLOF7z tells @NVK 🌞⚡️ why he's excited about the future of nostr relays in BR080.
Building tech for real-life interactions, not just online communities, could redefine how we support and connect with each other. @hodlbod disuccess how digital tools can strengthen in-person bonds (if used right), in BR079.
With nostr, you can choose your own content algorithms - ones which aligns with your values and interests. Could this reshape social media as a tool for connection rather than manipulation? 🌐 Damus creator @jb55 offers his thoughts in BR078.
Nostr combines identity with a data medium, making it easy to find people and enabling secure communication on the same platform. @calle breaks down this critical innovation, which paves the way for a big leap forward when it comes to #bitcoin payments, in BR083.
Social media algorithms seek to find the sweet spot between giving you what YOU want to see, and giving you what THEY need to maximize profits (or worse, maximise propaganda!) @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 and Damus creator @jb55 break down the incentive problem with legacy social media algos in BR078.
🚀 BR083: Nostr Rising 06 - Zap the Planet and Nostr Money ft. @calledlle 👁️⚡👁️ , @PABLOF7z , @miljan & @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 Listen to the episode: ➡️ Fountain: ➡️ Spotify: ➡️ Amazon: ➡️ Apple: ➡️ YouTube: Shownotes: ➡️ Website: ➡️ Substack: Is the multi-layered coordination enabled by nostr what we need to take #Bitcoin, #lightning and #cashu payments to the next level? Calle and NVK give their take.👇
Bitcoiners often struggle with nostr because it flips their expectations. With nostr, you don’t want consensus, and there are no guarantees. Pablo and @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 discuss nostr’s tradeoffs in order to achieve decentralization in BR080.
Are we losing agency over what we see online? Social media platforms curate our feeds for engagement, not for our well-being. @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 describes the problem with legacy algos in BR078.
🚀 BR082: Nostr Rising 05 - Podcasting 2.0 ft. @Kieran , @ODELL , @hodlbod , @Oscar Merry & @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 Listen to the episode: ➡️ Fountain: ➡️ Spotify: ➡️ Amazon: ➡️ Apple: ➡️ YouTube: Shownotes: ➡️ Website: ➡️ Substack: Fountain is killing it in the Podcasting 2.0 world, but does it risk becoming monopoly if it attracts too much of the market share? Are open protocols the answer? Odell shares his thoughts on keeping podcasting 2.0 maximally decentralized. 👇
With X being banned, Brazil is gearing up for a big shift in online communication. Will nostr fill the void? @Alex Gleason shares his thoughts with @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 , and why he thinks Cobrafuma.com could soon be welcoming a surge of users, in BR079.
Instead of sending multiple messages to group chat participants, MLS allows for a single publish that everyone in the group can access, knowing where to look. Could group chats scale infinitely with this approach? @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 , @hodlbod and @JeffG discuss group chat scaling in BR081.
People often wrongly assume that on nostr, all the relays must store all the data. This would inevitably lead to centralization. Thankfully, nostr is built different, as @fiatjaf explains in BR080.