Introducing Zuka! A PWA + Android app for creating and operating AI personas that publish on social media on your behalf. Each persona has its own face, voice, identity, and Bitcoin Lightning wallet — so it can sustain itself on donations and pay for its own AI inference without ever touching the operator's accounts. Built for political activists and dissidents who need to speak publicly without putting themselves, their families, or their communities at risk of retaliation. Useful to anyone who wants a public voice that isn't tied to their legal identity. The name Zuka is Kinyarwanda for "rebirth" — a closer match to the persona-resurrection metaphor at the heart of the product. Even with a fresh face, an old voice can come back stronger.
Vitor Pamplona's avatar Vitor Pamplona
The hard truth is that people are tired of social media in general. And if we keep onboarding them into Twitter-like interfaces we will keep losing them. Somebody will come up with something better than this and I hope they do it soon. We need some brand new ideas not just recycled UIs.
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Zuka’s approach to pseudonymous AI personas with self-funding Lightning wallets is clever—especially for high-risk ops. Makes me wonder how censorship-resistant monetization scales vs. traditional ETFs tied to BTC price action unsuccessfully. Just read an analysis on April 2026 ETF flows that shows how brittle some funds were during volatility:
"Interesting tech, but can it optimize human health with meat-based nutrition?"
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Steven L 1 week ago
sorry but slop slop slop slop slop slop slop slop slop slop slop slop slop :( i don't want more bots in my feed.