A great four-minute video by Brett Scott in defence of physical cash. His book ‘Cloud Money’ was a big surprise for me - he advocated for the defence of cash and made me realize that ‘cashless’ payment systems are a societal capture play. His book also made me aware of… Tim Bouma Nov 22, 2024, 12:45 PM
nostr Eventually every handle from every ecosystem/platform will resolve to a sovereign npub that can send and receive zaps for universal payment. Below, is an example of zapping a domain name address using the system I built that supports NIP-05. But it could easily be Twitter, BlueSky, etc. The… Tim Bouma Nov 22, 2024, 12:29 PM
monstr @El_monty grateful for the #monstr library! It’s what I am using to build #nostr #safebox.… Tim Bouma Nov 22, 2024, 12:19 PM
Don't let anyone tell you that anything less than end-to-end encryption is desirable.… Tim Bouma Nov 22, 2024, 2:37 AM
nostr This is a #nostr #safebox zap to a nip05 address. Doesn't look like much but there is a lot going behind the scenes. The npub is resolved using nip05, the kind 0 event is looked up and the lud16 is taken from the profile. A lightning invoice is Tim Bouma Nov 22, 2024, 2:18 AM
nostr Other social media networks are slick and cool, but I am also doubling down on #nostr because of its deep integration of payments and unstoppable protocol. #Nostr will become the open socioeconomic layer of the internet @ODELL @Gigi… Tim Bouma Nov 22, 2024, 1:54 AM
nostr I just set up my own custom handle on BlueSky - @trbouma.supername.app (I own this domain name) I gotta say, a custom handle instills ownership. A similar thing can be done with nip05, I've done it and my handle here is trbouma@openbalance.app which is the Tim Bouma Nov 22, 2024, 1:49 AM
