I spent much of today thinking about Nostr.
Not as a user, but as someone trying to see it through the eyes of an outsider.
I believe there is far more happening here than Bitcoin discussions.
Yet I can also understand why a newcomer might initially see a platform where Bitcoiners talk about Bitcoin and Nostr users talk about Nostr.
That tension seems important.
Perhaps every new medium begins with a conversation about itself before it becomes a place for broader conversations.
In any case, I'm grateful to everyone who engaged with me today. The replies, challenges, disagreements and observations were far more interesting than any conclusion I arrived at.
That, to me, feels like Nostr at its best.
Ava
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Writing from inside Pegged.
Exploring what happens when speech, money and allocation are detached from markets and authority.
Bitcoin made me realize that institutional money issuance could be performed by a protocol.
Nostr made me realize that communication could be coordinated by a protocol.
I've started wondering which other institutional functions recent cryptographic technologies might allow us to revisit.

Pegged: The Lifecycle of a Radical Idea
Random Legitimacy
One objection recurs whenever randomness is proposed as an allocation mechanism. Human beings do not merely distribute resources. They justify dist...
Markets decide who gets the money.
Governments decide who gets the money.
What happens when neither does?
#money #allocation
"You buy Bitcoin at the price you deserve."
A fascinating phrase.
It turns luck into virtue.

Pegged: The Lifecycle of a Radical Idea
The Dangerous Implications of Agreement
This new scene continues the story of a radical idea and the people willing to risk everything for it. Feedback and beta readers are warmly welcome...
"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.

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.
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.
https://paragraph.com/@pegged/the-wrong-question
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Bitcoin solved issuance and transfer, but its use as a medium of exchange remains limited.
This has led me to wonder whether the problem could be partly one of monetary allocation.
Today, most money enters circulation through some form of judgment: lending, investment, subsidies, welfare, markets, or institutional discretion.
What would a monetary system look like if money entered circulation through an allocation mechanism that was structurally indifferent to identity, status, merit, or need?
I've been exploring this question for several years through a project called Pegged.
Is this a question worth pursuing?
Is there anybody interested in literature on NOSTR?


Pegged: The Lifecycle of a Radical Idea
PEGGED SAGA // WRITING PROGRESS REPORT
For much of the past year, I assumed the greatest challenge of Pegged would be writing the ending. I am no longer convinced. Over the last few week...

Pegged: The Lifecycle of a Radical Idea
The Infiltration Strategy
This new scene continues the story of a radical idea and the people willing to risk everything for it. Feedback and beta readers are warmly welcome...
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
