nostr Why? CBDCs+Stablecoins are digital fiat currency that are cleared and settled on bespoke rails that surveil every transaction and can shut you down at any moment. Ecash+Relays are blinded tokens encrypted and swapped using multiple and redundant relays and only settled (redeemed) only when necessary. You can’t… Tim Bouma Jan 12, 2025, 1:48 PM
nostr The genius simplicity of #nostr is that beliefs are cryptographically anchored to npubs. You decide which npubs to believe, resulting in a shared belief. While your decisions can be influenced, nothing comes in between the npubs you decide to believe.… Tim Bouma Jan 12, 2025, 12:23 PM
“And yet, in reality, all of this myth-making and rhetorical bluster is a just a narrative trick: the hidden object is not a technology, but a bid for power.”… Tim Bouma Jan 12, 2025, 11:37 AM