the reason people go silent 😶. Sound on 🔊

timeline is on fire 🔥 so is my kitchen. #foodstr. Turiz Famous Fries 🍟 LFG 🚀

When your striker and champion is fuckstr 😂

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showing the world 🌍 who you really are is not popular these days. but just do it anyways, that's how you live a life if alignment.

ain't that something #Foss

a lot of people are losing their credibility. as I predicted would happen. be exposed. it's time

confusion turns in to. distraction. stay guided anon 🫂💜

when they hear you are in Africa 🌍 so they remove one zero from the hourly pay 😂 😂 #remoteJobs 😂.

does Jack Dorsey happen to have any black billionaire friends that's not Jay-Z ? They might want to put in their own $10M #askNostr View quoted note →

One uncomfortable truth about grant organizations: the people deciding where the money goes often end up deciding which projects survive. Donors think they're funding an ecosystem. In practice, they're funding the preferences of a relatively small group of decision-makers. Maybe that's fair. Maybe it isn't. But if Bitcoin and Nostr are about removing gatekeepers, why are we recreating them in the form of grant committees? Direct funding, zaps, bounties, and voluntary patronage align incentives far better than asking builders to win approval from a handful of insiders. Decentralized money deserves decentralized funding.

People donate to grant organizations believing funds will be distributed fairly across the ecosystem. But every grant committee becomes a gatekeeper eventually. The problem isn't necessarily corruption. It's that a small group of people ends up deciding what is "worthy" of funding, who gets visibility, and which projects survive. Developers with existing connections, reputations, or social proximity often have an advantage over equally talented builders working quietly in the background. Even with good intentions, centralized grant-making creates incentives, biases, and bottlenecks. Rejected applicants rarely get clear answers, while funding decisions can appear opaque to the wider community. This is why many Bitcoin and Nostr users prefer direct funding models: Lightning donations, zaps, bounties, crowdfunding, and user sponsorships. Instead of asking a committee for permission, builders can earn support directly from the people who value their work. The question isn't whether grant organizations are good or bad. The question is whether a decentralized ecosystem should depend on centralized funding gatekeepers in the first place. Fund builders. Fund ideas. Reduce gatekeepers. ⚡️🧡🧡

Clearly OpenSats has been compromised. Africa 🌍 might never see anyone to support Our projects. Petition to create our own Non-Profit Organization. Shall get to elect a board . if you're on-board with this mission and vision start with a donation to this address. Thank you. bc1qsrh59rhn6c7wajc6l49vj8nj0seqrh8kwj2zwq

I'M one of the very few developers on Nostr doing it big from Africa. That should really count for something. 🧘🏾‍♂️

Support builders in Africa 🌍🫂💜🕊️✌🏾 God bless you 😇 View quoted note →

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Turiz: enriching people's timelines since 29th June 2023 PV Nostr @xenonsky

my dad gets it . . . all this work is for changing the world and improving people's lives 🙏🏾🙏🏾. my mom wondering when we gone get rich. ?? 😂 😂 two sides of a coin 👛🪙

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