would someone mind explaining #plebchain to me? what is it and why is it called a chain? #asknostr

Prince Philip Karageorgevitch Prince of Serbia & Yugoslavia, talks about Bitcoin Not many understand the difference between #crypto and #bitcoin, but he gets it! #freedom #notcrypto #fixthemoneyfixtheworld #grownostr

Now that I've received over 20k zaps, I have started sending sats to many others to get the feedback loop going and show my support for things I like, find funny or am grateful for. It's a fulfilling experience, even if the amounts we are sending to each other are so low in the grand scheme of things in today's value. There is something symbolic, instinctive, natural and philosophical about giving others something of real value. Bitcoin has so much mystery surrounding it, and with Nostr that mysterious energy is expanded into the realm of reciprocation and given meaning. How will others look back at us 100 years from today? Will they think we're crazy for spending hundreds and thousands of sats for words? Or will these words, stories, and more be seen as something rare worthy of the sats we have assigned to it even at the value that Bitcoin may be in the future? In one of the "A List Apart" articles, the case is made that text, or in other words, language, is the ultimate user interface. That language has the power to enable us to make connections, build complexities, and to influence each other, while also having the power to divide us, crystalizing our differences, and helping us in antagonizing each other.

A List Apart

Language: The Ultimate User Interface

Words. Language. Meaning. They’re a nutritious part of your complete website. So why do so many webmakers treat language like an afterthought...

This really stuck with me, and now with #nostr and #bitcoin combined, I believe that words have received another interpretation. One of symbolism, power, interconnected value & meaning. I see why @jack is so keen on both of these technologies. I also don't think the words I can come up with today even does it justice, I am finding it hard to come up with the right words for it or putting it into the right context, it's all in my brain, kind of like a feeling. I wonder what other creations we'll see going forward that are based on these 2 protocols. It's still early days. But I can't wait. What will you say to the people looking back at us in 100 years?

#zapathon regular lightning network stress test... only on Nostr do you see stuff like this! love it.

This seems significant. All through this volatility, #Bitcoin has been reducing on exchanges for 3 years, and it keeps going! FYI: This chart goes back all the way to 2014!

dumb question: what is the #zapathon? #asknostr

I don't know if people will participate but here goes! #art & #artstr do you like an #artchallenge? Let's go! This is challenge 1/21: #only1dot You have been tasked with creating a piece of art with only a single dot that evokes emotion to the viewer. Explore the depth of emotions through simplicity. Focus on conveying a specific emotion or feeling through the medium of the dot. It could be joy, sadness, fear, love, or any other emotion you wish to evoke. Rules: - Only 1 dot must be used - The dot must be prominent - Faces are not allowed - Minimalism is optional - It must be original artwork created by you Please provide a brief explanation with your artistic statement. It should be at least 1 word to say what emotion the piece is conveying, feel free to elaborate on anything related to the piece. In 1 week's time, I will zap 210 sats to the piece that received the most likes up to that point and 210 sats to a piece of my choosing at my own discretion. This reward is purely symbolic and I suggest you vote on the piece you like the most through #zaps of any amount you feel comfortable with to people who have contributed! This is the first challenge I am putting out into the world, I hope you find it fun and I would love for you to participate also in the next 20 art challenges! I will periodically check the #yakosuba_artchallenge_suggestions hastag for any feedback or suggestions from you all on future art challenges. Follow me for the upcoming 20 art challenges or better yet, follow #artchallenge for challenges from other people. @Rustypuppy I dedicate this challenge to you ;) #nostr #grownostr

I've known about Nostr for a while, but it wasn't until I received my first few zaps in a "Hey everyone, I'm new here" #helloworld message that things clicked for me. The potential to earn with Bitcoin and receiving it straight into your wallet with no middlemen, however small the amounts would be, was facinating to me and has captivated my imagination since. Was I providing value to the world by simply saying hello? What things could I do to provide value? What could be the ways to give back to this circular economy? Could a few sats transform into something bigger than me? What things could be built atop this new idea? It is dawning on me how impactful the combination of Nostr and Bitcoin can be. Open Source, built from the ground up for freedom. A community of people who genuinely care. There is so much there to explore and to understand. It feels like opening a book for the first time, using a computer for the first time, or encountering a new life-experience that has you going "wait, I think this is significant" and being immersed with that new feeling. Right now two hastags in particular have me going back to read again and again. #grownostr and #asknostr #grownostr seems to be a place of people who want to build different communities within Nostr. People chatting in its purest form, often not knowing each other at all and engaging with their whole self, unadulterated, honest, open. Then there is #asknostr, which seems like stackoverflow but for everything, anytime, people with random requests and benevolent people willing to help. Potential conversation starters and a human connection for anyone who might be struggling with something, whether technical or not. There are no rules, and this has both sides of the yin & yang. In many ways I kind of love this, the fact that everything "just exists". The fact that all the messages aren't filtered or adjusted, that everything is linearly posted and readable like that is amazing. This is how Twitter used to be, how Facebook used to be. That energy is here again! Can we keep it like this, this time around? Will Nostr be able to do what the big corporations have failed to do? This constructive melting pot is exactly what I think we need in our society, somewhere where you can find a new perspective. If you have read this far, thank you. Thank you for being here and doing what you do.