love that we’re all living across different timezones - hearing gm whenever i pop in is a great feeling! gm to the east coast, gn tokyo

if micro-decentralization is about relays, clients, etc., maybe there’s a macro view centered on the protocols themselves? growth matters as PoC, but maybe each protocol - nostr, bluesky, or others - will end up building its own village of like-minded people? View quoted note →

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twitter hooked me 11 years ago with the idea of a ‘consciousness stream’ nostr hooked me 22 days ago with its algo: nostr = (twitter - 11 years) + permissionless + (weird)² + pv 🤙

cyberpunks write the code, but some centralization is necessary when it comes to physical stuff. without it, how can more people edge closer to the decentralized ‘mirror’? image: satoshi, phil, jeff b, and me

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after just a couple of days here, going back to linkedin feels like visiting a flashy dubai mall: shiny storefronts filled with stuff that’s worth nothing, and an even less interesting crowd. nostr is different - it’s got this genuine vibe of the early internet i remember from the 90s 💜 View quoted note →

concentration and centralization don’t always go hand in hand. if you think about the ratio of contributors to consumers, more decentralization can lead to greater concentration. take nostr: as user numbers grow faster than contributors, those contributors will have an increasingly bigger impact. yet, from a network perspective, more #nostr users mean more decentralization of information and less concentration, thanks to additional relays, clients, etc.

small circles, no power structures, contributions by choice, agility to move fast. after reading “civilized to death,” i’m fascinated by the parallels between hunter-gatherers and open source community. back to the roots, #nostr?

gm, nostr! “at any given moment, the strongest dream in that moment wins that moment” ~ dave chappelle