Bitcoin’s fight is incomplete without Nostr

Yesterday, I called on the @BBC to explore Nostr, a platform I consider will become core infrastructure for any free society. The BBC Media Action kindly invited me to their NY offices to discuss safeguarding the integrity of truth media and its reliable distribution, something I feel strongly about. I shared with their CEO that truth in reporting rests on two foundations in my view: 1. Did the thing actually happen 2. Is the person reporting it who they say they are, with no modifications (think, Trump deepfakes). With the rise of AI and deepfakes, protecting both is more urgent than ever. I was glad to see the BBC engaging with these challenges with their C2PA program. I shared the unique and pivotal role that Nostr plays, a decentralised platform where every message is cryptographically signed, enabling us to know the true identity of the reporter and whether the message has been modified or not. Here is how Nostr safeguards BBC’s integrity in truth reporting: 1. Decentralisation of publishing. No gatekeeper. Elon can never offboard, shadow ban or pressure the voice of their journalists if his political tastes shifted. 2. Verifiable identity and authenticity No more Trump deepfakes. This reduces the risk of tampering and increases trust in the source - critical for truth-seeking media. In an AI world we need to know who is who. No platform delivers this as confidently as Nostr. 3. Honest incentives Funding from the people, not governments. Journalists can be supported directly by readers (micro-tipping, subscriptions, crowdfunded investigations) without reliance on ads or corporate sponsors, which often bias coverage. Thank you to @ODELL who enlightened me on this, and revitalised my appreciation for it. This is how our future looks like - Bitcoin is the source of money, and Nostr is the source of truth. Our democracy and freedoms will thrive to the extent we take the ideas embedded in these two technologies seriously.