Now that I've received over 20k zaps, I have started sending sats to many others to get the feedback loop going and show my support for things I like, find funny or am grateful for. It's a fulfilling experience, even if the amounts we are sending to each other are so low in the grand scheme of things in today's value.
There is something symbolic, instinctive, natural and philosophical about giving others something of real value. Bitcoin has so much mystery surrounding it, and with Nostr that mysterious energy is expanded into the realm of reciprocation and given meaning.
How will others look back at us 100 years from today? Will they think we're crazy for spending hundreds and thousands of sats for words? Or will these words, stories, and more be seen as something rare worthy of the sats we have assigned to it even at the value that Bitcoin may be in the future?
In one of the "A List Apart" articles, the case is made that text, or in other words, language, is the ultimate user interface. That language has the power to enable us to make connections, build complexities, and to influence each other, while also having the power to divide us, crystalizing our differences, and helping us in antagonizing each other.
https://alistapart.com/article/ultimate/
This really stuck with me, and now with #nostr and #bitcoin combined, I believe that words have received another interpretation. One of symbolism, power, interconnected value & meaning. I see why jack (npub1sg6…f63m) is so keen on both of these technologies. I also don't think the words I can come up with today even does it justice, I am finding it hard to come up with the right words for it or putting it into the right context, it's all in my brain, kind of like a feeling.
I wonder what other creations we'll see going forward that are based on these 2 protocols. It's still early days. But I can't wait.
What will you say to the people looking back at us in 100 years?
yakosuba
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2023-08-04 15:25:27
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