You don’t own your money. You don’t own your speech. But you could. Nostr is to digital media what Bitcoin is to money.  The dollars in your account aren’t really yours. They that are held on a centralised database.  They can be deleted, restricted and surveilled. Your Xitter account is not yours. The work that you have done to build a network is owned by Elon. Your account, your posts and your network connections are held on his centralised database. Bitcoin is money that you own.  It is held on a decentralised ledger that can’t be changed. No one can take it away from you and no one can stop you spending it. Nostr is speech that you own. Your notes replicate across many relays. No moderator can silence you; no platform can rewrite history. Fiat money is credit by default It is a system of promises that will likely never be repaid More money has been created than goods or services can be delivered. Centralised media is a credit story too.  You get the show for free.  The advertisers pay with the hope that you will pay them back later. Money and messages that settle instantly are the system upgrade. Bitcoin and Nostr return consequence to the circuit They make ownership real again.