“When the self-sovereign option spooks users while the centralized option feels safe, we haven’t built freedom tech. We’ve built a hobby for risk-tolerant technical elites.”
Nostr can't be censored. Bitcoin can't be debased. Lightning routes payments in milliseconds—faster than Venmo, cheaper than Visa.
The hardest technical problems are solved. 17 years after the Bitcoin whitepaper, the foundation is proven. The protocols work. The products we build on them have to work just as well.
Freedom tech that wins on merit, not martyrdom. Products that solve customer problems first, with self-sovereignty as the inevitable result.
New essay on what that looks like in practice:
https://shawnyeager.com/sovereignty-without-sacrifice
Thank you to Steven DeLorme, @npub1wf4p...dgh9, @npub136jg...jnxf, @npub1ke47...8jfm, @ODELL, @npub1reez...9ty4, and @Derek Ross for feedback on early drafts.
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