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bostonwine | 3 hours ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I wonder that the positive outlook here is aligned/correlated with the hopefulness one finds among so many bitcoiners. 

Nostr, as freedom tech, also tends to feed that sense of possibility, improvement, freedom, and the greater good of humanity, in a way that goes far beyond “a better way to interact socially online”

I’d venture that nostr (and Bitcoin) as representative of a cause, for human rights, freedom, and flourishing, inherently creates the positivity and hope and joy that people experience here, on the social layer of this movement.

The other platforms/protocols seem less focused on humanity and more on “replacing Twitter” and similar areas of focus. My two sats 🫡
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inpc | 3 hours ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I was going to say it’s because most folks here are fucking loaded lol.

I know from my own life, negativity often comes from a place of despair which is common if you’re living hand to mouth.

It took me MANY years to come to terms with life and it’s still hard from time to time but I look out for positivity where I can, I know that spreads and can lift up those around me (and vice versa).

I’ve said before I’m a low income person but I took the choice to do what I love in life and that’s cool.

But seriously, most of you lot are rich as fuck! 

I wish I was still into drugs when I first heard of Bitcoin, I could’ve got ahead of the pack…
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bostonwine | 1 hours ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Hahaha I’ve wondered that. But I don’t think that’s it. Even many of the early bitcoiners are still private and frugal. But I see many nostriches post things that suggest the majority aren’t actually “bitcoin rich”. I’ve certainly not been around long enough (or stacked quickly enough) to experience the astronomical/life-changing impacts of previous cycles. Not yet, anyway. 

And perhaps that “not yet” is also where some of the optimism comes from…

But no — well, yes — but not primarily or exclusively. The prospect of “perfect financial stability” is of course enticing, but it’s about so much more than that. It’s that Bitcoin can provide *anyone* with that ability to get free. And that as the process unfolds, it also pushes the society as a whole toward  a healthier, more balanced, and less corruptible system where more and more people can finally break free of the extreme income inequality and oppression underlying so many peoples’ anxiety, depression, and nihilism so common today. 

There’s a reason we all call ourselves plebs 🫂🧡🫡