There is definitely a space for *alternative* trust models. This excites me about fedimint - it opens it up for groups the majority of whom don’t understand the bulk of what bitcoin is/does/how it works, and aren’t interested, but need a practical solution. Bitcoin banks could also cater to the masses in this way with a slightly different trust model. Yes it’s more risk, but the tech can’t police all bad actors out of existence - just leave the surface area for deception smaller, and ultimately provide a choice, to keep the various actors honest. I feel (abused) monopolies are a very large part of what is wrong with a lot of stuff right now
'If you don't trust the people, you make them untrustworthy'
Can somebody write this in 10ft letters and put it somewhere government can't help but see it every day?!
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This could be the death of centralised marketplaces…. Every eBay listing for example: here is a permissionless mechanism outside of eBay’s control for direct communication between buyer and seller. The only thing they have in common is a shared interest in the listed item… interesting game theory there
That's me. I fix stuff. Would love to meet you at some point. I was inspired by your last pod with nostr:nprofile1qqs0sxxdz722j74u5kvzym4chlualjx0jef32llvdveg98jpqs0tmlgppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0lk790h... So much resonated
The new tech makes new ways of trusting each other possible (and actually old ways that the state and big tech, by accident or design, have strongly discouraged, or even eliminated). I think new protocols, even those seemingly in competition with each other, need to become ubiquitous enough to change behaviour en masse. That's where we win. The protocols themselves are simultaneously so important, yet not important at all. The behaviour change is what I look forward to - which is dependant on the underlying tech being there, but also doesn't respect it at all.
I absolutely agree. I remember the shapes… this sort of person respected that sort of person, you could go and find out about/ask about things in places and be respected even though you didn’t know, that sort of thing. But without the specifics. Now the world works differently, I hate it and the memories seem disjointed and pointless as they are no longer reflected. I wish I knew how to bring those shapes of healthy discourse and respect back into reality, even in a small way, but they rely on an assumption of good faith - which is becoming almost unheard of between strangers. Very sad
I already *loathe* all my apple devices, but I’m locked in as everyone I know uses them and my business is built on them (when they were a bit less loathsome). This doesn’t inspire me much. It’ll no doubt make an order of magnitude more wrong assumptions about what it thinks I’m trying to do, what it presumes I actually meant to say/type, the sort of person I am, what my goals are… it’s exhausting with 8-yr-old hardware I refuse to upgrade. I don’t know how to resist, other than by exit. Which leaves me without any tech advantage. And a feeling of hopelessness.
@TheGuySwann I am intermittent, so forgive me if this is the wrong place or the idea is already out there: I would LOVE a type of Keet relay (or maybe simplex? Keet seems closer) so I have one point of contact to the outside world that I can respond to via any given device handy, without having 6 versions of me show up in the chat. A kind of bridge; that all my devices speak to that then has a unified voice outside. Could be hosted on @Start9 or umbrel. Could this be a thing? Or am I missing something?
Haven’t found any yet; I keep expecting to. My theory is we need people already familiar with Nostr (probably Bitcoiners) with a shared interest in something unrelated to Bitcoin to have proper conversations here
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