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Bit McCoin ⚡ | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Besides censorship resistance the clear davantage of nostr are #zaps, and they are underutilized. Some version of zaps are going to be the real global town square for the competition of ideas.
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Svetski | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Nah. I think Zaps are largely useless.
Nobody cares and they’re not very different to likes.
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Tim Bouma | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 It’s been a fun experiment so far. I believe that zaps are starting to uncover a capability that we all want - an easily discoverable trusted address that we can send money to. I am a big fan of combining it with nip05
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Bit McCoin ⚡ | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Yes, but what if zaps were provable deposits instead of payment records? 21M limited supply of btc deposits means they are a real and verifiable sign of value. You can use ecash to do this!
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Svetski | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Honestly. No real person cares, not will they for another 20yrs.
If that’s what we’re waiting on, Nostr is dead
The bitcoin angle (other than aligned initial group of users) is a dead end.