“I don’t believe in Utopia anymore. I’m too old for that.”
In this dialogue:

Where is the Utopia that the internet promised?
“Neither nostalgia nor utopia”
Net Neutrality is a moral stance
Where did the internet go wrong?
Tech as a tool; is tech always neutral?
Technology that increases agency VS tech that enslaves
Competition vs Symbiosis
“Who will run the mints?”
“Anyone” can use it vs “everyone” can use it
Centralizing vs. Monopolizing
Bitcoin has an ethos baked in (You Shall Not Steal)
Passive internet vs active internet
Agency in cyberspace, and how to maximize it
Blinded custodian vs regular custodian
User data is a liability
Obscura / Mullvad / Silent.Link as obvious early adopters- Run your own ISP - Tollgate
Cryptography is Not Enough
Bitcoin is Time
Time requires heat
Zero-knowledge service providers
Electronic Cash vs Digital Cash (CBDCs)
Credit requires KYC, KYC implies outside enforcement
Writings on Micropayments by Nick Szabo- eCash fixes 402, obviously
Who Owns the Future?
“You are the product” vs “Subscription Hell”
“Hello old friend!!!”
Cathedral vs Bazaar
Why paywalls suck
Information wants to be free
“Markets become absurd as supply approaches infinity.”
eCash + AI = match made in heaven
#LearnToCode vs #LearnToPrompt
Scarcity in cyberspace: compute, storage, networking
Zero-Knowledge compute & zero-knowledge proofs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-knowledge_proof
https://github.com/AbdelStark/cashu-zk-engine
Cairo: https://github.com/starkware-libs/cairo
MCP https://github.com/AbdelStark/bitcoin-mcp
MCP DVM: https://github.com/r0d8lsh0p/n8n-AI-agent-DVM-MCP-client
DVMCP: https://mcp.so/server/dvmcp
Olas & Nutzaps (NIP-60, NIP-61)
Bitcoin is not only the internet of money, but it is the money of the internet
Re-building the internet archive on top of nostr- Bitrot & 404
Resurrection markets & marketplace for hashes via Blossom
Hugs 🫂

Links & References:

Nostr Protocol Repository: https://github.com/nostr-protocol 
Cashu (e-cash): https://github.com/cashubtc 
NIP-60 (Cashu Wallets): https://nips.nostr.com/60 
NIP-61 (Nutzaps): https://nips.nostr.com/61
The Cathedral And The Bazaar by Eric S. Raymond
Who Owns the Future? by Jaron Lanier

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