Tim Bouma | Independent Self | Pug Lover | Published Author | #SovEng Alum | #Cashu OG | #OpenSats Grantee | #Nosfabrica Prize Winner https://tim-bouma.npub.pro/ 121 posts
nostr If I zap you, it’s nothing personal- I’m just testing Nostr Wallet Connect with #nostr #safebox… Tim Bouma Jul 17, 2025, 9:44 PM
The four base ingredients you need to start building an entirely new order. It’s really that simple.… Tim Bouma Jul 16, 2025, 7:30 PM
Bitcoin price is just metadata; it’s not even stored in the blockchain.… Tim Bouma Jul 16, 2025, 4:59 PM
build Bitcoin is the asset 💰 Lightning is the rail ⚡ Cashu is the credit 💳 Nostr is the glue 🧩 What are you waiting for? #build… Tim Bouma Jul 16, 2025, 2:26 PM
nostr Repeat to yourself 100x “Bitcoin is the asset. Lightning is the rail. Cashu is the credit. And Nostr brings it all together in a permissionless way.” This is what the global financial infrastructure will look like in the future. This is what I’ve concluded in building #nostr #safebox #unstoppable… Tim Bouma Jul 16, 2025, 2:22 PM
The reason that there is “credit note inflation” (I.e., money printing) is because the layers works at different velocities causing an impedance mismatch between the layers. @Lyn Alden put her finger on this issue in her book, Broken Money, when the telegraph enabled IOUs to travel at the speed… Tim Bouma Jul 16, 2025, 1:42 PM
This is all it is: Bitcoin is the reserve asset. Lightning is the payment rail. Ecash is the credit note.… Tim Bouma Jul 16, 2025, 1:26 PM
From an expert I respect, but I am still puzzled by his disdain of Bitcoin. He still stands by this article written twelve years ago.… Tim Bouma Jul 16, 2025, 1:12 PM