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This Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern, join Reason’s Nick Gillespie and Zach Weissmueller for a live discussion of Nostr and the future of decentralized digital communication with bitcoin entrepreneur and host of the Bitcoin Review podcast NVK and Will Casarin, creator of Damus, the first Nostr-based social media client to be approved by the Apple app store.

What is Nostr, the fledgling software project to which Twitter founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey gave 14 bitcoin (worth approximately $245,000 at the time) in December following Elon Musk’s controversial Twitter acquisition?

One consequence of Musk’s takeover has been to accelerate the growth of alternative, more decentralized networks. Many journalists and Twitter users critical of Musk flocked to Mastodon, which Reason’s C.J. Ciaramella described as “a collection of ‘federated’ independent servers, each centered around a topic…. It’s like a mix of Reddit and Twitter, but less centralized.”

But Nostr—short for Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays—decentralizes on an even deeper level: It’s not a social media network but an open-source protocol.

“If a platform is a silo, a protocol is a river,” tweeted National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden earlier this month, “no one owns it, and everyone is free to swim.”

Once a user establishes a Nostr identity using a pair of keys (one public, one private), he or she can transmit text posts (i.e., “notes”) or other information such as cryptocurrency payments (i.e., “other stuff”) across any networked computer (i.e., “relay”) willing to host that content. Because the users hold their own keys, they can use any site or app that runs the Nostr protocol to post and communicate with their friends and followers. No single third party has the power to delete users’ posts or profiles from the Nostr ecosystem.

Show notes:

Total Nostr daily users and posts – https://nostr.band/stats.html

Coin Desk: “Jack Dorsey Gives Decentralized Social Network Nostr 14 BTC in Funding” https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2022/12/15/jack-dorsey-gives-decentralized-social-network-nostr-14-btc-in-funding/

Facebook Active Daily Users Q4 2022 – https://www.statista.com/statistics/346167/facebook-global-dau/

China bans Damus app – https://iris.to/post/note15dyll0ruhqme3k6kcq54gsed7cfasdpp6zgh76a27vhn5q70kfjqflvt2l

The Decentralized Web Is Coming – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1ccwyP6fjc

On October 22, 2022, officers with the Sarasota Police Department responded to Bay Island Park in reference to a single-vehicle crash with a complicated backstory. It ultimately emerged that the operator of the vehicle, Sallina Thibault, had been as observed driving a vehicle after having consumed several alcoholic beverages. A witness observed Thibault drive into a wooden post in the parking lot of Bay Island Park, and that Thibault parked the vehicle and exited prior to the arrival of law enforcement.

From the police report: Upon arrival, I made contact with Thibault, who appeared intoxicated. Thibault had blood shot eyes, had problems keeping her balance and had slurred speech.

Thibault admitted to consuming a shot of Crown Royal prior to driving to Bay Island Park. When Thibault arrived at Bay Island Park, Thibault advised she consumed several alcoholic beverages, specifically Twisted Tea’s, However, Thibault advised she did not operate her vehicle after consuming the Twisted Tea’s. Thibault also denied crashing her vehicle on this date.

I conducted Field Sobriety Exercises, in which Thibault agreed to participate. Thibault showed multiple signs of impairment during these exercises. I placed Thibault in handcuffs and double locked them.

I read Thibault Implied Consent, in which Thibault agreed to provide a breath sample. Thibault blew a .148 and a .142.

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