Instead of sending sats, we should burn them.
A verifiable proof-of-burn tied to a Nostr event is a WAAAY stronger signal than a regular zap. No one receives the sats, so there's nothing to dox and no way to game the system. It's just pure, on-chain destruction — publicly linked to whatever you're trying to highlight.
The network still sees the intent and the cost, but without creating new balances or attack surface. And honestly, "zap" already sounds like something getting incinerated.
Burn zaps > regular zaps.
Freedom Tech Co.
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2026-05-23 18:12:45 UTC
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