Tim Bouma

The sat should be added as a universal constant of value…

Test @buzzbot 1000…

Trust: expectation of favourable decision Confidence: expectation of favourable behaviour…

The perfect network on which to build a digital economy: 100% cryptographic assurance that messages originate from a given address 100% cryptographic assurance that value can be sent to a given address. #nostr goes a long way toward this perfect network…

Apps should reward loyalty, not demand loyalty.…

Going down the dependency grammar rabbit hole…

A delightful read on how fucking complex language is and how we are mysteriously wired for language.…

Artificial Intelligence is the new Cold Fusion.…

If you want to know what’s in store for the next while, I highly recommend the movie, Conclave.…

Losing your reputation is like putting cream in your black coffee. Irreversible. You can’t get the cream back so you have the choice to drink the coffee you’ve made or throw it out and start anew.…

Proof of Work (PoW) is not a new thing (though Difficulty Adjustment might be). PoW has existed throughout the ages, in the forms of pyramids, temples, memorials and palaces. Typically mandated by a ruler who wants to build something bigger, more elaborate that the previous ruler. The artefacts of PoW,

Conclave.…

Another (unintentional or intentional?) innovation of #nostr, as defined in NIP-01 is the introduction of a simple ‘grammar’ to easily specify a verifiable object, namely a signed JSON Brecht. There is a nice parallel to a well-formed sentence in traditional grammar. If the event is signed, it can…

nostr is the library of babel. somewhere within this library is the true history of the future.…

nostr is the infinite library…