Some Bitcoin / Nostr innovation ideas / use cases :
1. Zap Payment Service as “other stuff” or lightning payment services
Create a payment service with zap, along with its api/posse (?) to be integrated with global services or a simpler way for nodes to be integrated by businesses and general users
Use cases : gamers using ios and android can use zaps for micropayment instead of faux money alongside nostr community chat options. Primal/Damus has shown how zaps are possible on ios
2. Create a freedom oriented client
specifically for oppressed countries who need easy adoption and private mode conversations. While Nostr is a protocol, this client can have all features dedicated towards people from these countries (requires studying what they need)
3. Explore B2B opportunity with Nostr
There’s YouTube premier, TV, Red, Originals, free with ads etc. Maybe propose one to YT where people pay as they please using zaps, no ads and chat avenues ?
Maybe various businesses like media could be clients of Nostr with similar chat and zap features (B2B) - with private relays if needed.
4. Tidal /Nostr Battle of the Bands
Attendees buy their tickets as usual. And they will be redirected to install wallet where ticket price will be converted to sats.
The goal is to zap sats and the highest zaps win.
In this case this could also be a bitcoin minted token so that token owner can take back (rug pull) the money at the end of the evening (to encourage attendees to zap the winners at the concert).
cc @jack
5. Establishing end to end encryption or de identifying of data for B2C businesses to protect customers data from forceful surrender to govt, leaks, spams etc. I love DID’s latest initiative to make their approach more commonly used.
6. Exploring EMF to cater to smaller movements (home based hydro or wind) to produce higher powered generators for home miners. I have been having a maxwell moment.
7. Collaborating with developers and solar installers to setup home base mining systems for new homes as an advantage to home buyers. Normalise home mining systems
8. Foreign workers globally : while remittance is an issue, an emerging problem is limited access to digital wallets within the country they are working in - as their identity doesn’t count. Expanding bitcoin wallets without kyc and liaising with businesses to accept them
9. More Bitcoin integrator to online commerce, to foster competition which will boost innovation. There is a huge miss opportunity to enable bitcoin as common denominator in global commerce
10. Might be easier to explore widespread bitcoin adoption in countries US imports and exports from to encourage its acceptance in U.S. for small business owners (import countries - Mexico, Vietnam etc).
11. Elevating small manufacturers by reducing banking hurdles and commerce and in hopes to minimise hegemony trade (my hope someday)
12. Some other things that might be relevant :
- Anonymity on Nostr - more clients that can be connected to Tor or other ways to protect user visibility. Oppressive countries can be brutal.
- to split private relays from general relays that uses gossip and provide uses the option for asynchronous / mutually exclusive selections between general and private
I’m sure the feasibility of use cases requires a lot more through through process. But with every problem there is opportunity.
I would love to see more Bitcoin and Nostr use cases globally. I’ll add on to the thread as more ideas pop up.
