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boston wine win@nostrplebs.com 1 year ago
Nostr has accomplished everything the “web3/crypto” startups are allegedly doing. It’s a decentralized, permission-less information/communication protocol, where users are the owners of their account and data, anyone can join or build on the network, and where its development and direction are shaped by a free market of features, data, and ideas. But web3 doesn’t actually care about that stuff, that much. “Web3” founders co-opt the philosophy and convert it into buzzwords, in order to sell (dump) free-to-produce crypto tokens on retail investors make fast cash for their VC backers without even needing an MVP, and then move on to the next hype cycle. Nostr fixed this. We don’t need a token because 1) this isn’t an affinity scam and 2) Bitcoin already works.
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minestr.app _@minestr.app 1 year ago
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Nostr has accomplished everything the “web3/crypto” startups are allegedly doing. It’s a decentralized, permission-less information/communication protocol, where users are the owners of their account and data, anyone can join or build on the network, and where its development and direction are shaped by a free market of features, data, and ideas. But web3 doesn’t actually care about that stuff, that much. “Web3” founders co-opt the philosophy and convert it into buzzwords, in order to sell (dump) free-to-produce crypto tokens on retail investors make fast cash for their VC backers without even needing an MVP, and then move on to the next hype cycle. Nostr fixed this. We don’t need a token because 1) this isn’t an affinity scam and 2) Bitcoin already works.
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Hazey hazey@iris.to 1 year ago
Web3 is pure fiat: nothing to do with building decentralized anything, and everything to do with providing an exit strategy for venture capital.
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calvadev⚡️ calvadev@calva.dev 1 year ago
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boston wine's avatar boston wine
Nostr has accomplished everything the “web3/crypto” startups are allegedly doing. It’s a decentralized, permission-less information/communication protocol, where users are the owners of their account and data, anyone can join or build on the network, and where its development and direction are shaped by a free market of features, data, and ideas. But web3 doesn’t actually care about that stuff, that much. “Web3” founders co-opt the philosophy and convert it into buzzwords, in order to sell (dump) free-to-produce crypto tokens on retail investors make fast cash for their VC backers without even needing an MVP, and then move on to the next hype cycle. Nostr fixed this. We don’t need a token because 1) this isn’t an affinity scam and 2) Bitcoin already works.
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ew0k ewok@primal.net 1 year ago
No NFTs but I can imagine a client that shows any note with art that you’ve zapped. I guess you couldn’t resell it but it’d be cool for a digital gallery. Image storage is still a problem. You’d need to have text on the note that can be interpreted as an image.
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Asdf 1 year ago
Nostr im a nutshell.
boston wine's avatar boston wine
Nostr has accomplished everything the “web3/crypto” startups are allegedly doing. It’s a decentralized, permission-less information/communication protocol, where users are the owners of their account and data, anyone can join or build on the network, and where its development and direction are shaped by a free market of features, data, and ideas. But web3 doesn’t actually care about that stuff, that much. “Web3” founders co-opt the philosophy and convert it into buzzwords, in order to sell (dump) free-to-produce crypto tokens on retail investors make fast cash for their VC backers without even needing an MVP, and then move on to the next hype cycle. Nostr fixed this. We don’t need a token because 1) this isn’t an affinity scam and 2) Bitcoin already works.
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