Don’t underestimate your nostr key pair.
In a world without a middleman, trust will be paramount.
Your reputation that’s attached to your private key will be relevant for everything we do online in the future.
quoting note195p…ywmq[New Essay] Nostr is Identity for the Internet
https://hivemind.vc/identity/
The Internet needs user-owned identity and an associated open data layer. And I'm more convinced than ever that Nostr will win.
I agree with jack (npub1sg6…f63m) that the long tail of microapps is ultimately Nostr's killer feature. But which will take off next?
In my mind, Nostr will follow a straightforward trajectory - first solving discovery/reputation problems for Bitcoiners, then for early tech adopters, and finally for the mainstream. Here are some examples where I think Nostr based discovery & reputation will shine:
- Global, social payments ala primal (npub12vk…pugg) Mutiny Wallet (npub1mut…23vg) Alby (npub1get…0nfm) & prism (npub1arc…ggtw)
- Ecash mint discovery/selection ala Mutiny Wallet (npub1mut…23vg) & bitcoinmints.com
- Marketplaces for DLC oracles ala lava.xyz
- Local Bitcoins replacements ala Mostro (npub1m0s…40un)
- Open Source AI agent discovery ala Christopher David (npub1tlv…7fdm)'s openagents.com & CASCDR (npub14pf…7mwj)
- Marketplaces for APIs ala PABLOF7z (npub1l2v…ajft)'s DVMs & TaskTiger (npub14tk…zw96)
- An open github replacement ala DanConwayDev (npub15qy…yejr)'s gitworkshop.dev
- An open PWA App Store ala franzap (npub1wf4…dgh9)'s zap.store & store.app
- ValueRank search & discovery ala nostr.band (npub1sx9…6g8m) Unleashed.Chat (npub1730…9yky) & kagi.com
- Marketplaces for files ala Stuart Bowman (npub1lun…27lj) & hzrd149 (npub1ye5…knpr)'s Blossom
- Review & UGC content sites ala Julian (npub15la…v7v3)'s heyapollo.com & Svetski (npub1dtg…up6m)'s Satlantis
- Value4Value content creation and delivery ala fountain_app (npub1v5u…n0v5) wavlake (npub1yfg…v6vg) & geyser (npub1kmw…xqk9)
Of course the most exciting category of all is the unexpected wave of unimaginable apps that will eventually emerge. Ultimately, user owned identity and open data lead to online trust, which is a beautiful and deflationary force, capable of disrupting predatory marketplace middlemen and shifting the balance from financial to social capital. I.e. a more humane world. (h/t Stuart Bowman (npub1lun…27lj))
Thanks to brugeman (npub1xdt…ntxy) miljan (npub16c0…6nvr) dk (npub1kuy…kdj8) bob (npub1cd0…xlvx) & Moritz (npub1q5s…ky65) for feedback on this essay.