Marc26z on Nostr: I've never used Tik Tok either and I like to think the ban also does not affect me, ...
I've never used Tik Tok either and I like to think the ban also does not affect me, but maybe Mandana's right. I would like to learn more about her experience as an Iranian refugee. It sounds super interesting.
Satoshi cited wei-dai in the white paper and he wrote a paragraph I've spent a ton of time pondering since I read it.
"I am fascinated by Tim May’s crypto-anarchy. Unlike the communities traditionally associated with the word “anarchy”, in a crypto-anarchy the government is not temporarily destroyed but permanently forbidden and permanently unnecessary. It’s a community where the threat of violence is impotent because violence is impossible, and violence is impossible because its participants cannot be linked to their true names or physical locations."
I like this ideal, but decided to link this npub to my true name anyway because of the TikTok ban. Nyms lack the Ethos required to convince people why nostr is important. I want an open society on the Internet and although nostr is not perfect, I believe nostr is our best shot at creating an open society on the Internet, regardless of political winds.
Satoshi cited wei-dai in the white paper and he wrote a paragraph I've spent a ton of time pondering since I read it.
"I am fascinated by Tim May’s crypto-anarchy. Unlike the communities traditionally associated with the word “anarchy”, in a crypto-anarchy the government is not temporarily destroyed but permanently forbidden and permanently unnecessary. It’s a community where the threat of violence is impotent because violence is impossible, and violence is impossible because its participants cannot be linked to their true names or physical locations."
I like this ideal, but decided to link this npub to my true name anyway because of the TikTok ban. Nyms lack the Ethos required to convince people why nostr is important. I want an open society on the Internet and although nostr is not perfect, I believe nostr is our best shot at creating an open society on the Internet, regardless of political winds.