Go where you're rare. It'll be uncomfortable but will open a world of opportunity. I know, it's easy for me to say, but I really feel like people are too tied to where they know (but have no upwards mobility).

Whoa

CNBC

World's largest pension fund explores bitcoin as an investment

Japan's government pension fund said it is requesting information on "illiquidity assets" such as bitcoin as part of research into potential new in...

Crazy. And way more informative than any coverage I've seen.

Think about it, if MrBeast were on #Nostr, he could drop fortunes on random followers or reward every single follower completely seamlessly whenever he wanted. So which one of you is going to be the MrBeast of Nostr?! (I'd do it, but I don't think I'm crazy enough.)

Pretty much sums up finance media

Who else is going to CheatCode?! (#Nostr is a rushing river so I'll be posting this a lot in the coming days, sorry in advance for the annoyance. Trying to make friends)

What would be cool is an animated lightning border around reposts that you also zapped, so your followers know you really liked it.

From Astral Codex Ten (Slate Star Codex)

People out here saying max pain is #Bitcoin going straight to 1 million; I don’t think you can call something max pain when you’re saying it gleefully.

What are you working on this week? For me it's the next BTP episode

Does #nostr really have zero new user retention in 2024?

Wen lists on Primal @miljan?

Damn, thought the pic would show in the preview. Oh well

Unpopular opinion (?): #Nostr needs a toxically addicting app more than a feel-good community. An app that sucks you in, keeps you doomscrolling until 5 am, convinces you that the alpha/enlightenment/fulfillment you crave can be found in the very next post, shoves the trash you hate but always click on in your face every time you open it, delivers the dopamine when your spouse/partner/significant other does not, poisons your relationships, self-image, and productivity, messes up an entire generation of teenagers. And onboards half the world. Then, far healthier alternatives will pop up (/have always existed) and people will flock to them because they don't have to give up their networks. Right now, it's not that people don't know their habits are unhealthy, it's that the calculus doesn't make it seem worth it to quit. "Go where my friends/entertainers are" vs. "go where is good for me" almost always resolves in one direction. So lure them in with the unhealthy and then present the healthy without the switching cost. People talk about how calm/happy/refreshing Nostr is, but I suspect we'll need the rage-baiters, the e-thots, the slack-jawed soyboys in order to make a dent in the world. Problem is who would knowingly build a dopamine casino with no walls? (I should note that the beauty of Nostr is that none of this means we can't keep the feel-good communities, they'll just have to work a bit harder at filtering when everyone else moves in.)

I wish @primal on desktop had the same slick wallet experience as on mobile. The @Alby extension is good, but zaps need to be one click.

This is a common refrain, but I don’t actually understand it. Why would counterparties value gold when what they really need are food, water, and weaponry? How would you divide your gold (bars, coins, etc.) to spend it? How would they verify the authenticity of your gold? Some Bitcoiners acknowledge that gold would be superior to #Bitcoin in a no-internet, apocalyptic scenario, but I’m not convinced. I think internet would be one of the first things to come back, purely out of desperation. As soon as that happens, game over for gold. But I’m not sure it’s not game over for gold even before that. Show me if I’m being insufficiently imaginative.

Tardfi will really wait 3 business days to tell you you can’t do what you want with your money

I don’t know if TikTok users are actually coming but I do know we’re not addictive enough to hold them.