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#04 - Ecash Fixes 402

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“I don’t believe in Utopia anymore. I’m too old for that.”

In this dialogue:

  • Where is the Utopia that the internet promised?
  • “Neither nostalgia nor utopia”
  • Net Neutrality is a moral stance
  • Where did the internet go wrong?
  • Tech as a tool; is tech always neutral?
  • Technology that increases agency VS tech that enslaves
  • Competition vs Symbiosis
  • “Who will run the mints?”
  • “Anyone” can use it vs “everyone” can use it
  • Centralizing vs. Monopolizing
  • Bitcoin has an ethos baked in (You Shall Not Steal)
  • Passive internet vs active internet
  • Agency in cyberspace, and how to maximize it
  • Blinded custodian vs regular custodian
  • User data is a liability
  • Obscura / Mullvad / Silent.Link as obvious early adopters- Run your own ISP - Tollgate
  • Cryptography is Not Enough
  • Bitcoin is Time
  • Time requires heat
  • Zero-knowledge service providers
  • Electronic Cash vs Digital Cash (CBDCs)
  • Credit requires KYC, KYC implies outside enforcement
  • Writings on Micropayments by Nick Szabo- eCash fixes 402, obviously
  • Who Owns the Future?
  • “You are the product” vs “Subscription Hell”
  • “Hello old friend!!!”
  • Cathedral vs Bazaar
  • Why paywalls suck
  • Information wants to be free
  • “Markets become absurd as supply approaches infinity.”
  • eCash + AI = match made in heaven
  • #LearnToCode vs #LearnToPrompt
  • Scarcity in cyberspace: compute, storage, networking
  • Zero-Knowledge compute & zero-knowledge proofs
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-knowledge_proof
  • https://github.com/AbdelStark/cashu-zk-engine
  • Cairo: https://github.com/starkware-libs/cairo
  • MCP https://github.com/AbdelStark/bitcoin-mcp
  • MCP DVM: https://github.com/r0d8lsh0p/n8n-AI-agent-DVM-MCP-client
  • DVMCP: https://mcp.so/server/dvmcp
  • Olas & Nutzaps (NIP-60, NIP-61)
  • Bitcoin is not only the internet of money, but it is the money of the internet
  • Re-building the internet archive on top of nostr- Bitrot & 404
  • Resurrection markets & marketplace for hashes via Blossom
  • Hugs 🫂

    • Links & References:

    • Nostr Protocol Repository: https://github.com/nostr-protocol 
    • Cashu (e-cash): https://github.com/cashubtc 
    • NIP-60 (Cashu Wallets): https://nips.nostr.com/60 
    • NIP-61 (Nutzaps): https://nips.nostr.com/61
    • The Cathedral And The Bazaar by Eric S. Raymond
    • Who Owns the Future? by Jaron Lanier
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