“notes” is a far better label than “posts”.
and more unique to #nostr
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postr 🤔
Notes for short form, but posts for long form.
I can write notes without posting them, though. "Post" is a better description of something that has been shared online.
Noted.
Agreed.
"you should note that through nostr"
it feels a bit unnatural
Substack:
#[1]
#[1]
yesss, this explains it perfectly
It's not postr!
are they using nostr tho.
would be sick if so
Eggs, one lays eggs on nostr.
Like "I liked the last egg🥚 you laid on nostr, very insightful".
I'm down with "notes"
#[0]
Jack just sent you a request to interview you re:NOSTR in the DMs
I cover Bitcoin etc for Politico
Wrote about Nostr in January
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/digital-future-daily/2023/01/03/the-year-of-web3-social-media-maybe-00076220
#noted
#[2] 👀👀
A good one
Best way to gain adoption in global south?
How does he foresee zaps being utilized in the global south that would surprise us?
welcome to nostr. regarding your third question, hope you stick around and contribute to a more diverse user base!
This
Interesting re: other niches
#[4] are you aware of any other niches developing on Nostr with their own relays?
Thanks for this. Yes Twitter has blocked engagement with posts containing Substack links as of ~this morning
A few more Qs:
—What other user niches should I check out here? (i.e. what other communities have a notable presence?)
—Any further response to the Hindenburg report — or any development to know of since it dropped?
—Thoughts on Jason Lowery’s Softwar thesis?
—What have you read recently that’s shaped your thinking on the evolution of the internet?
I hope so too. The chance to interview big tech moguls in the replies is definitely a draw for me as a reporter
Hey Ben, question for you! :) what’s the reason behind defining Nostr as web3 social media based on your article in the link shared ?
Not yet, but might already exist. I think once markets (offers/bids) come in, they will likely prefer separate relays if similar kind used
1. Growing artist community. That will grow faster with zaps and the fact we finally have global permissionless payments on the internet.
2. All of this is public elsewhere b
3. Don’t know it.
4. 
GitHub
GitHub - nostr-protocol/nostr: a truly censorship-resistant alternative to Twitter that has a chance of working
a truly censorship-resistant alternative to Twitter that has a chance of working - nostr-protocol/nostr
Thanks, Jack. I appreciate this. I expect I’ll write up this interview Monday.
May come back to you with more Qs in the future when I’ve gone deeper on NOSTR
Have a great weekend!
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For anyone else reading this —would appreciate your thoughts on NOSTR’s development and the evolution of the internet
I want to interview too, if is that simple:
If you are pro UBI and bitcoin community to have this solidarity because tax probably wont exist when bitcoin leads. This only question #[3]
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I believe there are many applications for nostr beyond being a "Twitter clone". Value4value (zaps) is a very interesting concept with a lot of avenues for monetizing on a peer to peer basis that may have otherwise been unscaleable. Perhaps #[3] sees it that way as well? Any thoughts or imaginative ideas where we can go from here?
Thanks for the reminder. Added terminology ticket as planned to product board for visibility under you #[3]
What are 'those relays'? I wanna see the niche relays. Would be great to see a relay directory searchable by keywords/topics/niches.
What niches need to exist, or specifically what niches dont yet exist?
Real time thrift shopping. Find an object in store, list it, walk around and keep listing items. Get paid what you're asking, then check out and ship it to buyer when you get home. Something like that. Or have a list of items people are requesting that they can't get where they're at or are hard to get...
I'm a cartoon character and won a bet with another cartoon character on here for 0.5 Monero. He didn't pay me for a while so I called him a scammer then he paid me and called me a pussy. It's pretty magical here, I'm a fan.
Btw Ben, Nostr is not Web3.
Web3 is a marketing term for shill-a-coin valley VCs to dump useless premined tokens onto the public.
Web 2 = you are the product.
Web3 = you are the exit liquidity.
Nostr is more like the p2p web, going back to when things were not controlled by surveillance capitalists.
Bitcoiners are allergic to the term web3 because it is corrupted by perverse ponzi incentives.
Well-said.
Well, here’s a legacy thread that you can read that details my position on ethereum / crypto / web3 / NFTs
Bitcoin is not Crypto.
The revolution will not be premined.
X (formerly Twitter)
Brad Mills 🔑⚡️ (@bradmillscan) on X
Ethereum is a trojan horse for tyranny.
Consensys owns Infura & Metamask. JP Morgan, UBS, Mastercard own Consensys.
99% of EVM transactions ...
Definite
I can see an online marketplace/listing type relay service. Make it a paid relay (one time, sub, or per note) and you can cut out the spam.
Would be great to have a client that allows you to toggle bundled relays with a single click. For example, turn off all your normal social relays and turn on your merchant relays. (Or just make an alt account)
Followed ! Nicely put ! 💯
My $0.02 as no one special - the integration of the frictionless payments network (lighting) in the protocol nostr is truly revolutionary, as P2P exchanges are not tracked nor fees taken from it. Absolutely under appreciated.
Pittori, musicisti e artisti digitali, si stanno spostando un po' alla volta qui su #nostr.
Sono questi che dovresti controllare.
Softwar thesis is basically Bitcoin mining is a weapon of defense, and thus protected under the second amendment.
Disconnected from the law and dangerous:
The Bitcoin Brief
No, the Second Amendment Doesn't Protect Bitcoin Mining
Bitcoin mining ASICS are not protected arms under the Second Amendment.
Yep 🙏 #[2]
Reveal the relays 🫨🫨
Yeah like you've said before - Each relay (and client) could stipulate where they're coming from and all that. It would be helpful.
This may not make much sense without context but it has a few helpful links (if you can see the markdown rendered that is)
#[3]
This is genius! Great work #[3] - this is the future of transparent and honest journalism. I am resending this note to all relays I am connected to (including my relay ). I think #nostr will be a powerful tool for True and Honest Journalism.
This is a really cool format 🤙
Nice! If you would like some info from us - team developing Plebstr (multiplatform Nostr client) let us know 🤙
Agree. It’s a step.
No more closed interviews for me. Over nostr or live pods only.
YES
YES
I'm learning from your questions, Ben. Thank you. I thought Axios would be here first...
💯🤝
This open format definitely makes fact-checking easier
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Open-source, permission-less, and decentralised protocols - most notably Bitcoin for sound money and Nostr for information - are empowering individuals, regardless of background or economic status, across the world. They provide critical checks and balances on the centralising and monopolising tendencies of states (e.g. CBDCs, social credit scores) and large corporations (e.g. deplatforming, anti-free speech).
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nah postr is way cooler
nostr is original web
mostr
Yeah I need to follow more mostr people. Got any recommendations?
substack and twitter are old and done
look at other's follows but the people around #[10] are interesting
Great! Pay me.
Duly noted!
I guess "nosts" is the way 🙆♂️
😂😂
I’m excited about where this platform can go. I initially came here to learn and read about what’s happening in web3. I am not a dev, and don’t always understand the nuance, but I work in an industry that was impacted by digital assets and could be changed by the growth of ai, laws surrounding cryptocurrency, & web3. There are very few people IRL I can ask about block and fintech that know what they’re talking about. I love the anonymity on nostr and advocate freedom for its users. In time, I do hope the user base grows & I can find chat streams with people outside of tech.
Also feels a little subversive. 
Question: in what way do you find it easier to fact check here versus twitter?
Would love to see ‘notes’ | ‘notes & replies’ on #[2] profile view #[3]
aaaah so it says posts on damus
i wasnt aware of this context earlier
Renotes ?
Renuts
🤙🏾💜
Noted
This is by far the greatest thing to happen this decade and possibly this century for the general masses.
In a matter of months Nostr has gone from something the likes of free speech advocates from early 2020 were told they should build if they wanted to share their conspiracy ideas and wished they had already, to being more advanced and feature rich than a half dozen decades old multibillion dollar social media companies.
Not to mention it brings all levels of identity validation, spam mitigation, true user engagement (no algos), seamless commerce, and more to the table in addition.
In some ways, we're getting back to the 90s and the early days of the Internet: building protocols that are open and enabling a lot of innovation on top of it.
For example, everyone knows error 404 but 402 was there also (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/402).
Now, the payments have materialised and are as easy as visiting someone's profile on nostr. It's called zapping or public tips but it can be used for more than tips.
Another aspect of the early Internet was the openness to innovation. Everybody could contribute, and the spirit of building, discovery and awe was there. It was a new frontier where a lot of opportunities were possible before the centralisation and silos.
A third aspect is more generic but you have a community feel on nostr. And, it's a global village at the moment that is respectful, inspiring and supportive.
The fourth one is related to the underlying principles of liberty and openness that are pretty much in question in every part of the world.
Johan Norberg's book Open: The Story of Human Progress is a wonderful explainer of this phase and its importance. A few quotes from my review:
"There are periods in history where different cultures with different religions, ethnicities and locations had rule of law, rapid economic growth and scientific progress. These upturns were often sudden, unexpected and very expansive with population and income growth...
All of them have commonalities that are the basic message of the book: people were open to new and different ideas, innovations, cultures, habits, foreigners, technologies, business models and more importantly to the uncertainty that opening up to something different and strange bring."
A lot of the frontiers are closed at this point. Space travel is not accessible yet. Metaverse has not really taken off. Invasive wars are a reality now that has set us back almost 100 years. Money printing and all the rest of the troubles in the economies are also making things look grim.
nostr and AI are examples of new frontiers that are exciting, full of opportunities and are shaping our future in very unpredictable ways.
Petri Kajander
Open: The Story of Human Progress by Johan Norberg »
Johan Norberg has written a magnificent book that gives insights how fragile our current success is and why it is not guaranteed to last.
Ben, setup zaps ⚡ so we can send you some sats as show of appreciation for doing this open interview.
Check out guide by #[4]
It also works well as the verb, “he noted on Nostr”.
Yes
For the not tech coder person it’s a little challenging. That also keeps it less trashy at the same time. It’s got the best people that made Twitter great for me. The low and slow build is fine with me. Less mistake. Difficulty makes quality. No strength without resistance. But it’s not gonna appeal quick to the masses. That’s the good part I believe 😂
What would be the verb?
Note
Bitcoiners is one way to describe it. It’s common theme and topic. But seems to be more that that. What that is we need to figure out.
I’m glad I found everyone. Y’all just disappeared on Twitter and it got strange
Ok, let me note a reply: I like “notes”, and could get used to noting things.
Noted ✍️
noted!
Write a note, Post a note, Publish a note, Push a note, Generate a note, Repost a note. It’s always a note…unless it’s a music note. Take note. 😄
Agreed! and in nostr, you create as you go. Congrats for kicking off this open interview with Jack!
That’s “note” as a noun ;) in which case you are back to posting.
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Bitcoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooin
I only mean that there’s a record of the interview in the notes, and that transcript is a primary source.
Thread? Naw. Chord. 🤙
Adding Lightning to Square payment terminals is the biggest real world impact you can have on Bitcoin right now.
Where is that at?
I don’t believe it’s the biggest impact I can have on bitcoin right now. It would be relatively small in the markets we are in. Biggest impact use case is remittance.
B2B or consumer remittance?
Expect OnlyFans crowd
That’s a huge one. And monetized.
Relatively small for Block’s markets now is relatively big for Bitcoin. Maybe you don’t see it as most important, how is progress in the last 3 months?
It’s happening
Consumer
Fappening
Nutted
Side gig on NostrFan?
The feet people are thrilled
Wow that’s cool
#Bitcoin fixes money's original sin
#Nostr fixes internet's original sin
#zap2fap
#Nostr and #Lightning⚡will eat the internet
You gotta try amethyst #[4]
Love this approach
I thought this was interesting. Substack has its own somewhat version of Twitter now, and it's called 'notes'
#[1] #[2]
X (formerly Twitter)
Chris Best (@chrisbest) on X
Today we're making Notes available to everyone.