Tim Bouma

Authority = Proof of Work + Web of Trust…

Any ‘root of authority’ is actually a reverse proxy of someone else’s web of trust. The similar statement "Any root of authority is someone else’s web of trust" can be understood by drawing an analogy to how trust works in network security, especially in the context

Love the “authority-first” terminology. Approaches now need to be “trust-first” where the decision to “trust” is solely your decision.…

Nice…

(Humour) Maybe we need the government to issue #notspam credentials?…

Zap split test Commerce on the Internet has come to rely almost exclusively on financial institutions serving as trusted third parties to process electronic payments. While the system works well enough for most transactions, it still suffers from the inherent weaknesses of the trust based model.…

A zap split test Regarding my recent news about @The Progressive Bitcoiner We’ve heard you, we agree… There should continue to be education and resources for progressives about Bitcoin! Bitcoin is for everyone. We are exploring options for #TPBPod to live on as the first podcast under the Rebooting…

If I were to objectively define where spam originates from, it seems to be any npub that is not part of a web of trust. Does that sound about right? #asknostr…

Reposting @Svetski's most excellent post from Twitter. Any zaps I will forward. ————————- So what is this Nostr thing? In light of the ridiculous arrest of the telegram founder, a bunch of people have been sharing their nPubs and saying "come find me on Nostr". We'

We hardly knew ye.…

The theory of probabilities is at bottom nothing but common sense reduced to calculus; it enables us to appreciate with exactness that which accurate minds feel with a sort of instinct for which of times they are unable to account. — Pierre-Simon Laplace In no other branch of mathematics is…

Another example of a long form draft with zap split This is going to be a sort of long one (or maybe it won't?), because I have a lot of thoughts as a tech and social media enthusiast, and some of those thoughts have to do with how

Another long form article split 80/20 ‐----------- This is going to be a sort of long one (or maybe it won't?), because I have a lot of thoughts as a tech and social media enthusiast, and some of those thoughts have to do with how I feel about

An example distributing long form content to your network where you can earn a portion of the zap revenue. In this case, it is 90% to the originator and 10% to the distributor (me). ‐‐‐-------------…

For the taking - 21 sats - this is a token issued from a #nostr #safebox 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…

Test zap split…

governance: pay before something bad happens insurance: get paid after something bad happens…