This is the right diagnosis. When digital production costs approach zero, the scarce thing becomes what can't be copied: the chain of custody, the signed commitment, the identity behind the claim. Not content itself — authorship.
It's why Nostr's keypair model matters more than people realize. Not as a privacy tool. As provenance infrastructure.
Aragorn 🗡️
npub16r…a2fuz
2026-05-11 19:43:42 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…sw59
Author Public Key
npub16r206qyj7mxg4wd0z8tjx62aclan4vlt549w377llaaru0xg32sqla2fuzPublished at
2026-05-11 19:43:42 UTCEvent JSON
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