Nostr can't be censored. Bitcoin can't be debased. Lightning routes payments in milliseconds—faster than Venmo, cheaper than Visa. The hardest technical problems are solved. 17 years after the Bitcoin whitepaper, the foundation is proven. The protocols work. The products we build on them have to work just as well. Freedom tech that wins on merit, not martyrdom. Products that solve customer problems first, with self-sovereignty as the inevitable result. New essay on what that looks like in practice:

Frontier Tech GTM Advisory - Shawn Yeager

Sovereignty without sacrifice

Freedom tech loses when it demands sacrifice. Winning means building products that are better on every dimension—not just principles.

Thank you to Steven DeLorme, @franzap, @Marks, @notmandatory, @ODELL, @Matthew Ramsden, and @Derek Ross for feedback on early drafts.

gm, good people. 🎃 Happy Friday.

I'd half forgotten I run this.

nostr.party

nostr.party

nostr Web of Trust relay and NIP-05 hosting

> Backstage at the TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 conference on Wednesday, [Kevin] Rose explained that he sees the future of social as being more focused on protected online spaces and “micro communities of trusted users.” More KYC. He means more KYC. I am so fucking bullish on nostr.

TechCrunch

Digg founder Kevin Rose on the need for trusted social communities in the AI era | TechCrunch

Now again under Rose's control, the new Digg is creating a place for people to socialize and connect online within communities, similar to Red...

Slumptover almost over.

gm, good people. ☕

Imagine still believing that a quarter-point cut will stop this train.

Andrew coined the phrase in 2015. @fiatjaf actualized it in 2020.

Anti Social Social Club - Wikipedia

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Live long enough as a billionaire and you become a socialist?

TechCrunch

VC Vinod Khosla says the US government could take 10% stake in all public companies to soften the blow of AGI | TechCrunch

Vinod Khosla has a bold vision for how society could be reconfigured to share the abundance created by AI technology.

BREAKING: I predict bitcoin will reach a double precision floating point number greater than zero by the end of 2025.

#Nostrville 3.0 was another winner. Driven builders and passionate users got together to talk shop, socialize, and listen to great music. Here's my fireside chat, featuring @david, @OpenMike, and @Eric FJ 🪬⚡️, with a cameo by @Derek Ross. Fitting for nostr, it was a scrappy production. No A/V. Thanks to @ajdav21 for capturing the video.

gm, good people. ☕