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Niel Liesmons 2 years ago
Funny how Nostr is a lot more like Mycelium then Bitcoin is. Mycelium: 1. There is no Global: it doesn't need a global consensus mechanism 2. There is a second best, there are billions 3. When you break a piece off, it "forks" and continues to grow 4. When different pieces come together, they're interoperable. But the one most suited for the context gains a larger market share 5. It is most active at the edges 6. It can survive without energy for ages if needed 7. It has a layered currency system built in (glucose, compounded sugars, promises of sugars, ...) 8. It is an unstoppable communication tool + market place and is mostly valued as such by other organisms 9. It is not a store of value at all, at best it can keep count of glucose or mineral tokens View quoted note → I should dig deeper into this and write some more, as someone who was literally growing gourmet mushrooms professionally 2 years ago #mycology #nostr #mycelium

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The only thing I disagree with is glucose being the token of value. I think carbon bonds (not carbon itself) is the universe's currency because it's what contains the energy that drives living systems. That's just a philosophical point though.
I agree! Named glucose as an example of the top of my head since that's what I measure/manage for my liquid cultures of mycelium.