“You too can boost your sim hack target profile with this off skew dying blue mark!” On a more serious note, mobile phone numbers as KYC (due to global SIM laws requiring ID to purchase a SIM, pushed even into developing countries), AND security is a huge problem. It stems from two key root problems. How do you limit membership or a trials to one (or very few) per person - often a credit card to sign up is an approach used too. And second problem is SIM as KYC - it means they don’t store your photo ID, but that’s already recorded via your SIM (that’s likely paid for your bank card, which had KYC as well). The layers of tracking and control here is unacceptable for a free society’s people. Nostr will have a similar challenge to limit things like free trials, signup credits, or memberships - however we can work towards KYC free approaches. Ultimately decoupling individuals from a mobile phone number is critical for freedom. I proposed earlier that p2p and mesh net can help decentralise mobile data networks in the coming decade. Worth thinking about today and avoiding these mistakes for Nostr.

The most interesting thing I’ve seen on Nostr for a while is happening right now. Japanese speaking posters are have discussions about TVs and sizes, positions, etc - but without using replies (I.e. p-tags). Just new unlinked notes to interact with each other. I did. notice most of their relays were Japanese based domains. Maybe smaller private relays, and smaller communities.

Something that could be interesting to develop for Nostr is a referrals extension for BTCPay or Lnbits. Referrer is simply your pubkey. Add ?referrer=PUBKEY to the end of a link. Client apps can strip it off if you don’t want them. And upon payment/signup, that pubkey can get credited for the referral. Payment details looked up via Nostr profile. There is some trust that you are being paid for each and every referral by the service, however, it’s a start anyway. No need to sign up as a referrer. Leverages lightning. Instant payments. No problems with reverse payments. I don’t want Nostr to turn into an ad space or marketing shitshow.. however if we can help people become more financially free from governments and a single income, while perhaps replacing marketing/advertising expense with kickback (word of mouth incentive) for a win, win, win, maybe it’s a good thing.