Who has a list of merchants on NOSTR? Not specifically asking for the people selling things via NOSTR, but who has a presence here?

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Zapping a note to buy wine isn't just novel. It's powerful. There are maybe 10 people in the world running their business this way. Does it give us an edge? Yes. When you're paying for something in Bitcoin, the apex asset, you'd ideally want to try it before you buy it. But Bitcoiners aren't clustered in the same places, so most Bitcoin commerce happens online. That means very little opportunity to sample. You need social proof. And there's no stronger signal than seeing someone zap a note to pay for an order. If someone in your web of trust is willing to spend Bitcoin on a product, it's probably worth your time too. That zap is a purchase and an endorsement in one. It's a signal to everyone watching that it was worth the sats. It also puts pressure on the seller. That sale is public. Everyone knows someone trusted you with Bitcoin. Don't take that lightly. Not every sale will happen like this, but the ones that do? They give you something priceless. Revenue that also works as marketing. Your best customers are linking their reputation to yours. You don’t have to ask for a review. They already gave you one. Zaps-as-purchases are rare today. They're hard to earn. But they are absolutely the most valuable. @buzzbot 10000

Soak Quest is gonna be speaking in Vegas.👀

Grass League is a revolutionary Golf League They have TV syndication, Wealthy Team Owners and their own Golf Course. High Stakes Par 3 Golf. But why should NOSTR care? Because Jake, the CEO is a Bitcoiner. And he's going DEEP on Bitcoin The Purses will be DENOMINATED in Bitcoin All backend company payments will be in Bitcoin

Alpha isn’t something you declare behind a gate. It’s something that gets validated, in public, by signal, not status. NOSTR + zaps flipped the model. Now the crowd decides what’s worth paying for, and the “paywall” is permissionless. Fiat subscriptions are an old-world filter. Zaps are proof-of-work for content. You don’t sell alpha. You earn it.

Ever repost is a massive help

Thanks for reading my man and thanks for helping me bootstrap this account

What’s the real value of a peer-to-peer network? It’s not how many people you can reach. It’s who you can count on when it matters most. In places without rule of law, money looks different. Fuel, booze, bullets - those are the mediums of exchange. Hungry? Guy’s got a goat. You trade five gallons of diesel and some whiskey shooters. Turns out, those little airline bottles are gold. One NCO I worked with ended up buying pallets of them for his prepper stash. Why? Because when survival depends on trade, what matters is not volume, but value and trust. To really understand peer-to-peer economics, you have to look where it’s life or death. These aren’t theoretical markets. These are real-time, high-stakes transactions between people who need information and goods and can’t afford to be wrong. This is where Reed’s Law comes in. It’s not about how many people you can connect to (that’s Metcalfe’s Law). It’s about the value of tightly-knit subgroups that can actually get you what you need when it matters most. Metcalfe’s Law says value = total possible connections. Reed’s Law says value = total functional clusters. Think of it like this: Metcalfe is the phone book getting one new name. Reed is your Rolodex getting one more supplier you trust. And in a circular economy built on Bitcoin and NOSTR, Reed’s Law isn’t just academic, it’s actionable. Because when you can buy meat, raw milk, tools, or design services from Bitcoiners you trust, you’ve exited the fragile web of third parties. You’re not stacking just sats. You’re stacking resilience. In warzones, adding more contacts doesn’t matter if none of them deliver. What matters is the consistency of trust within your cluster. That’s where safety comes from. This is why the Bitcoin circular economy isn’t just about scaling. It’s about depth, not breadth. It’s about being a reliable node in a small, self-reinforcing loop. Reed’s Law gives you the Bat Phone when you need something crucial. Not just more internet strangers to scroll past. Metcalfe is the mass network. Reed is your lifeline. And building that lifeline is simple: Just start transacting with a few Bitcoiners you respect. Find the ones who deliver. Become one yourself. That’s how we realize the peer-to-peer vision of Bitcoin. Not someday. Now.