Why we don’t need op_cat, op_ctv or anything else so that we can open many lightning channels at once. Maybe we’ll need that someday when plebs prefer self-sovereign lightning over custodial lightning. But that day is not today. View quoted note →

My longtime prediction is that eventually AI created fanfic would be better than the originals. Who knows how long it will take but we’re definitely on the path.

One interesting outcome of this model is that it’s a new way for nostr influencers to make more money. Influencers with large number of followers could be paid to review and follow new accounts. For example, a new user could DM zap an influencer and ask for a follow. The influencer could review their profile and decide whether to follow. If they do follow, then the new user enters the trust graph for all the influencer’s followers. If they start spamming and get unfollowed, then they would lose visibility. Who knows? maybe we’ll see apps make this part of the onboarding flow for new users. Getting a nostr “mentor” is helpful in many ways. View quoted note →

This is the way👇 We’re also going to need a way for new users to get into the trust graph because all new users look like spammers and will automatically be blocked. View quoted note →

Pattern matching is a game of wack a mole. The spammers are already evolving. Eventually this will be AI spam on a freshly minted npub. It will look like any new user. Nostr apps will either be forced to block new users or implement something radical. Solutions are: 1) trust graph (accounts followed by people i follow and they people they follow, all the way up) 2) some significant cost for new users (which could be proof of bitcoin paid or owned, or proof of work in creating an account or for posting a message) View quoted note →

I only see two ways to stop this spam. 1) filter to see only posts from people in your trust graph 2) impose a real cost to post to all Anything I’m missing? Bottom line is that new users will be initially treated like spammers. This attack is probably just a warm up. I would expect that we’ll soon see AI posts that you can’t pattern match, and overwhelming spam against both replies and DMs. I would expect them to initially target the folks with the largest follower count, then attacking new users.

Decentralization, privacy and bitcoin maxi?? Good, I’m in the right place. 😎 View quoted note →