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Writing from inside Pegged. Exploring what happens when speech, money and allocation are detached from markets and authority.
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AvaTharr 3 days ago
One of the more curious aspects of the current debate around restricting social media for younger users is that it may be occurring in the aftermath of one of the largest expansions of everyday literacy in history. The printing press increased access to written language. Social media did something different. It gave billions of people a reason to read and write every day. Not because literacy was considered virtuous. Not because institutions encouraged it. But because reading and writing became embedded in conversation, status, friendship, entertainment, and participation. Whatever one thinks about social media, it is difficult to ignore the irony. We may be debating restrictions precisely when written participation has become a daily activity for unprecedented numbers of people. History rarely unfolds according to the purposes originally assigned to a technology. The printing press certainly didn't.
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AvaTharr 3 days ago
image Some ideas acquire followers. Others acquire a motorcycle gang.
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AvaTharr 4 days ago
I can't decide whether prediction markets help us understand the future or simply make uncertainty more entertaining.
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AvaTharr 5 days ago
Every solution contains a description of the problem. image
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AvaTharr 2 weeks ago
"You buy Bitcoin at the price you deserve." A fascinating phrase. It turns luck into virtue.
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AvaTharr 2 weeks ago
#peggedsaga #peggedprotocol #peggedlottery #proofofluck #peggedstablecoin #tokenomics #literature #thriller #financethriller #cryptothriller #dwar #ai #empowerment #innovation #DeFi #lottery #suspense #novel #money #daogovernance #bitcoincapture #luck
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AvaTharr 2 weeks ago
"Money is defined by something that is accepted as payment, while currency is defined by what circulates, oftentimes by legal decree." ( Bitcoin Age, by @Nik Bhatia) An interesting distinction Bitcoin asked whether issuance requires authority. Nostr asked whether speech requires authority. I've started wondering whether circulation ation requires authority. Perhaps we've spent so much time asking what money is that we've neglected to ask who gets to decide where it goes.
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AvaTharr 2 weeks ago
Nostr doesn't make people more intelligent. It simply removes enough noise for intelligence to become visible. Nostr detaches speech from platforms. Bitcoin detaches issuance from states. Pegged asks whether allocation can be detached from judgment. That is why I’m here.
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AvaTharr 2 weeks ago
Choosing Nostr over X feels a bit like taking a side road. Not because it's better. Because it costs something. And things that cost nothing rarely reveal conviction.
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AvaTharr 2 weeks ago
https://paragraph.com/@pegged/the-wrong-question #peggedsaga #peggedprotocol #peggedlottery #proofofluck #peggedstablecoin #tokenomics #literature #thriller #financethriller #cryptothriller #dwar #ai #empowerment #innovation #DeFi #lottery #suspense #novel #money #daogovernance #bitcoincapture #wisdom
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AvaTharr 2 weeks ago
Is there anybody interested in literature on NOSTR?
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AvaTharr 2 weeks ago
#peggedsaga #peggedprotocol #peggedlottery #proofofluck #peggedstablecoin #tokenomics #literature #thriller #financethriller #cryptothriller #dwar #ai #empowerment #innovation #DeFi #lottery #suspense #novel #money #daogovernance #bitcoincapture #wisdom
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AvaTharr 6 months ago
NOT Y'R #DEVICE, NOT Y'R NODE NOT Y'R #NODE, NOT Y'R CODE NOT Y'R #CODE, NOT Y'R NETWORK NOT Y'R #NETWORK, NOT Y'R KEYS NOT Y'R #KEYS, NOT Y'R COINS NOT Y'R #COINS, NOT Y'R NFTS NOT Y'R #NFTS, NOT Y'R MEMES NOT Y'R #MEMES, NOT Y'R METAVERSE NOT Y'R #METAVERSE, NOT Y'R #UNIVERSE