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Tim Bouma

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 same as my lightning address (I built the system to be this way)

Anyway, I think it'll be a tough go to beat BlueSky as a better, censorship resistant system - I have a feeling that most people won't care.

But when you deeply integrate payments, so your handle can send and receive funds, now you're talking. BlueSky has yet to contemplate payments and this is where #nostr is a better socioeconomic network - not just a better social media network.

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