"everyone was looking for the next Michael Jordan on the basketball court, but he was walking up the fairwayโ€ - Phil Knight of Nike talking about the emergence of Tiger Woods it feels like there has been a lot of time and energy spent on finding the next Bitcoin, but maybe the similar philosophy, goals, technology, and energy isnt on another blockchain but a different distributed network in nostr lots of similarities with early bitcoin here. my main takeaway after attending my first nostr conference

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This social protocol was needed ! Simple, in text, open source and decentralized. Bitcoin exists ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ”ฅ
Nostr and bitcoin share taproot as identity. That is the powerful thing, and the synergy at the intersection. The relay part shows a proof of concept, of what can be, but relays dont scale much beyond rapid prototyping. Notes and other stuff, bitcoin, taproot are all good. The intersection is hugely unexplored. There is a whole financial layer there, smart contracts, derivative, streaming sats, gamification, over and beyond anything lightning can dream of. It's an untapped gold mine, and I know you're going to figure this out!
Good point! The aspect of decentralization is certainly the same core attribute of both Nostr and #Bitcoin as far as I understand it. Another one is that of an open protocol that respects privacy.
This is such an amazing quote โ€” really puts things in perspective.
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Damon 1 year ago
What is the next step beyond relays?
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