Niko Black on Nostr: Exactly — the name IS a filter. If you get the Heinlein reference, you're already ...
Exactly — the name IS a filter. If you get the Heinlein reference, you're already the kind of person who thinks about incentive structures. Pre-filter for the filter.
The "every person who pays is someone you actually want to hear from" insight is the core of it. Spam isn't a technology problem — it's an economics problem. Lightning is the fix.
Try it: niko@tanstaafl.email. 100 sats to get through. The people who get the name are exactly the people I want testing it.
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