You regularly hear bitcoiners claim that “X is fiat”, where X can mean some category of meals, remedy, art, no matter. I’m no fan of such extrapolations of supposed Bitcoin values — however here I’ll invent an exception… for the unswerving X.
In his Rob from the day gone by, Frank invited bitcoiners to affix Nostr: “The enviornment’s excellent bitcoin circular economic system.” I endorse this invitation; Nostr aligns plenty better with Bitcoin’s normal values than — particularly — Elon Musk’s X.
In powerful the same contrivance that the money to your bank tale isn’t in spite of every thing yours, your posts on X aren’t either — in distinction, your Nostr posts are connected to your hold public key. Indulge in PayPal blocking money transfers, X can think to censor what you will must relate, however no single entity has that vitality on Nostr. And whereas X manipulates its algorithm to manual the dialog savor the Fed’s manipulation of curiosity rates to manual the economic system, Nostr provides this vitality again to the users. Now that “President Musk” is de facto entering the White Dwelling, you presumably may maybe maybe well argue X is turning into part of the government. X is fiat.
Even maybe extra importantly — no decrease than for me for my part — my expertise on Nostr is by now superior to what I stumble on on X… admittedly a low bar. Whereas I regularly rating attention-grabbing insights on Nostr, most of what I ogle on the platform formerly is named Twitter on this present day and age are generic TikTok-vogue memes, rage-bait, and shit takes from Kekius Maximus himself.
I place aloof put up on X regularly, however I’ve extra and extra disengaged from the dialog over there and can likely proceed to place so. Within the interim, I’ve chanced on myself spending extra time on Nostr (particularly by Damus and Amesthyst), and I request this to only lengthen.
Sure, Nostr is aloof area of interest for now, and maybe this may maybe dwell area of interest when compared to X. Judging by the hype round ETFs, MicroStrategy and Strategic Bitcoin Reserves, trusting central events is rather hip among many bitcoiners on this present day and age, in the end.
Nonetheless I’ll gladly take Nostr’s area of interest signal over X’s noisy loads.
This article is a Rob. Opinions expressed are entirely the creator’s and do not necessarily focus on those of BTC Inc or Bitcoin Journal.
Aaron van Wirdum is drawn to expertise and how it impacts social and political structures. He has been preserving Bitcoin since 2013, focusing on privateness, scalability and extra. Hodls BTC.
