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 If #nostr would be characterized as an infrastructure, what would we call it? 
 The social roads 
 Decentralized operating system. 
 I hate buzzwords. But Nostr includes hardware, software, and network infrastructure. I think decentralized works well here. 
 Sovereign socioeconomic infrastructure 
 Global network for verifiable communication: GNVC. 
 I like that. How about Payment and Verification Network  (PVN)? 
 Payments are also just communication. Money is pure information. 
 Agree. Verifiable Communication Network (VCN)? 
 Sounds a bit like "verifiable" refers to the network itself in this form. Maybe just use plural, i.e. Verifiable Communications Network? Not sure tbh.

I do like the clear statement of it being planetary, like the "Inter" in Internet or the "World Wide" in WWW. 
 Based on our exchange: Verifiable Communication Network (VCN) 
 Uh... NOSTR is what it is and what it does. It doesn't need another name.  
 I hear ya! But trying to communicate to normies without sounding cultish is a challenge! 
 It is a cult. Embrace it and recruit.