Tim Bouma | Independent Thinker | Pug Owner | Published Author | #SovEng Alum | #Cashu OG | #OpenSats Grantee https://tim-bouma.npub.pro/ 3000 posts
weareallapes Put this in your pipe and smoke it…. #WeAreAllApes —————————— Marshall McLuhan interprets money as a profound extension of the basic human action of “grasping and letting go,” likening it to the physical motion of apes swinging between trees. This analogy reflects his broader framework of understanding technology and media as… Tim Bouma Nov 15, 2024, 5:35 PM
nostr That zap was just over $300 CAD I am proving to myself that zaps can become a universal payment system that works equally well for a single sat or a fiat payment in the thousands (millions). The note I zapped could have been an invoice event with instant reconciliation. That… Tim Bouma Nov 15, 2024, 1:52 PM
Fragmented platforms. Fragmented money. Fragmented society. ———————————— Nostr+Bitcoin solve the above.… Tim Bouma Nov 15, 2024, 12:49 PM
nostr I think #nostr will win out in the long run because of user fatigue. I am tired of trying out yet another platform (just tried out Bluesky again). I just want one app, or use apps defined by a community rather than have the community be defined by the platform… Tim Bouma Nov 15, 2024, 12:24 PM
nostr Adding on to Will’s note - I see the three killer characteristics of #nostr note verifiability app interoperability payment addressability All baked within an uncensorable protocol… Tim Bouma Nov 15, 2024, 12:08 PM
nostr I just built what I wanted on #Nostr. I might not change the world, but I didn’t have to ask for permission to do what I wanted to do. That’s what really counts for me. #TakeBackControl… Tim Bouma Nov 14, 2024, 6:09 PM
‘Nostr is a better internet.’ ‘Nostr builds a better society.’ ‘Nostr leads to a better you.’… Tim Bouma Nov 14, 2024, 5:57 PM
The way things are going- the ability to generate your own private key will be more critical than your right to a legal identity.… Tim Bouma Nov 14, 2024, 1:00 PM
Good money is not neutral: It's the result of a Nash Equilibrium The Nash Equilibrium is a key concept in game theory. It occurs when players in a strategic game reach a point where no player can improve their outcome by changing their strategy, assuming that all other Tim Bouma Nov 13, 2024, 2:46 PM