Oddbean new post about login | logout I'm an idiot, and this doesn't mean anything. But I get Linux vibes from Nostr, something big that's just beginning. It's too easy to build on. It's too open for new ideas. Things happen too quickly. I'm running a relay from my phone on Tor as of 30 minutes ago. But I'm an idiot. So who knows?
I'm literally the biggest idiot here, that's my M.O. 😡😤 But yeah just my gut feeling... I think nostr does have a this Other, very curious aspect to it. I think you're totally right.
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Being able to build on nostr is a totally underplayed / lesser known aspect to it, maybe?
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Can you explain what you envision this permissionlesness will be used for? nostr:nevent1qqsqvws9lz920vqkaky6r23kyvutf5xjspks362d3pphuv863r0zwmspremhxue69uhkummnw3ez6ur4vgh8wetvd3hhyer9wghxuet59upzqnrde83vq9hqdc656n5pw035zjk77up0lm4swflrg0kmtneu7w4fqvzqqqqqqy483m5m
Nostr has this "other" value. It hasn't been quantified yet, but when it has been, look the fuck out. nostr:nevent1qqsww8r4mmz57s4lyyu93vwjqp7ppwp0dv76df8nytkj2z2tfxf9x4sppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qgsfeg9aw3g8gtt2yqcecr3af3nee8syd2wuwr5w74wzjp0zgpfrgzcrqsqqqqqp87977j
#nostr is to big social as #Linux was to big OS .. exact same vibe .. same creative forces unleashed .. nostr:nevent1qqsv8j233gzqpk5lydxxjacjcpgjmg8mqz0txxuvxvv207pets8qpkqppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qgsda2memtapc2lykjnd8t9px4ake2stw39lg6k49xj6u3jz3pteu6qrqsqqqqqpksxt0z
Your perspective is interesting because you didn’t come at this like the majority of the bootstrap cohort. I think I would have dismissed Nostr if not for understanding Bitcoin, the same as I didn’t get into Bitcoin the first times I saw it. Why didn’t you dismiss it early on? Agree this does have an early Reddit feeling but way more cypherpunk. Wasnt into Linux but interesting comparison! nostr:note1zkxdmh4ypg56hhrr7mwpywpa6a8927n0v8xmp979dkmfs4xeg0yqdcqqr4
I came here in February '23, due to nostr:nprofile1qqsgydql3q4ka27d9wnlrmus4tvkrnc8ftc4h8h5fgyln54gl0a7dgspz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qz9rhwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjmcpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqwqfq9k & Snowden taking about it on the tweety. I already had some knowledge. I have worked in IT. I'm not oblivious to my privacy and the implications of social media & a networked sensor laden device in your pocket. There was never really an alternative though. Nostr seemed like a place for me to be. New, exciting, slightly broken. So I stayed, and noted, and got turned into a bitcoiner 😂