calle on Nostr: at a cypherpunk conference. some thoughts: - interesting humans with many different ...
at a cypherpunk conference. some thoughts:
- interesting humans with many different backgrounds: hacktivists, cryptographers, civil society activists, infrastructure guys, electronic voting people, vpn people, tor devs, solarpunks, radio comms, file sharing, internet archive, general freedom tech, and many more.
- bitcoin is mentioned all the time but there are practically no bitcoiners in sight. I'm the bitcoin guy now.
- everyone knows about nostr. people are very interested in it. maybe 2-3 nostr users are here, no devs. many people representing bluesky. I'm the nostr guy now.
- many people know about cashu and bitchat. lots of excitement.
- many synergies, lots of groups and companies working together. the urgency is obvious. cypherpunk vibes are strong.
verdict: bitcoin and nostr are severely under-represented in communtities where a lot of important work is done. shitcoin phobia isn't a good reason to not engage in a much larger discourse about privacy, freedom, and technology. we haven't lost the plot but have a lot more to do.
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