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2024-09-16 18:50:24

The world will tell you America is failing. That is false. I still believe in the American dream, I’m just not buying it with US dollars. 🇺🇸
#freedom
#grownostr
#nostrplebs
#plebchain

2024-09-16 18:22:25

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If you think you’re immune to propaganda you don’t understand it. In my experience, that is more people than I’d like to admit. Speaking of propaganda, do you know the band Propagandhi? Big fan. You should check them out as it seems you’re into punk rock. Supporting Caste is an all time album as far as i’m concerned. #music #nostrmusic

2024-09-16 18:08:52

Chapter 2: The Evolution of Commodities as Money (Taylor’s Version)
1/ Throughout history, people have used everything from shells to salt as money. But these items didn’t last. Let’s explain why, using examples every #music fan can relate to:
2/ TAYLOR SWIFT BRACELETS 💫
Imagine a primitive society (like the one in Chapter 1) consisting only of Taylor Swift fans. Paper bills like the ones we walk around with today do not exist. Instead, these Swifties use bracelets as currency. At first, this works well. But then:
a) Verifiability: A rival #Swiftie tribe floods the market with fake beads, making it hard to tell what’s real.
b) Scarcity: Another nearby Swiftie tribe finds a stockpile of beads, doubling the bracelet supply and slashing the value of bracelets in half.
c) Durability: Beads are flimsy and break easily, so fans stop accepting them.
Swifties need a better form of money.
3/ ED SHEERAN GUITAR PICKS 🎸
Nearby, a community of Ed Sheeran fans uses limited-edition guitar picks as their currency. These are portable and scarce, which is promising, but there’s a catch:
a) Fungibility: Not all picks are the same—different colors, thicknesses, and designs make them hard to interchange without extra effort.
If all picks were identical, they’d flow smoothly like an Ed Sheeran song. But since they’re not, they eventually lose their value as money.
4/ PARAMORE T-SHIRTS 👕
Meanwhile, Paramore fans use band t-shirts as currency. These shirts are recognizable and portable, but here’s why they fall short:
a) Durability: Shirts fade, rip, and wear out over time. Money needs to hold up!
b) Scarcity: They can be mass-produced. Too many shirts? Their value tanks.
c) Divisibility: You can’t exactly rip a t-shirt in half to make change.
Paramore fans soon find their t-shirts don’t make great money, either.
5/ THE BIG TAKEAWAY:
Bracelets, picks, and t-shirts represent the grains, feathers, and tobacco that people once used as money in the real world. Each had its day but eventually failed because they didn’t meet all the essential attributes of good money.
6/ So what would be a great currency in our music fan world? We’ll explore that in the next chapter. For a deeper dive into this subject and more, check out the book “Broken Money” by @npub1a2c…w83a here: https://shorturl.at/Np60a
#grownostr
#nostrplebs
#plebchain
#musicstr
#money
#brokenmoney
#music
#newbie
#bitcoin
#taylorwift
#technology
#swifties
#art
#finance
#nostrmusic
#plebs
#hodl
#note18xe…sun4

2024-09-14 16:40:50

🚨 TLDR: Swifties deserve Bitcoin too. This will sound odd coming from a guy with a punk rock background, but hear me out. 🚨
“Broken Money” by @npub1a2c…w83a is huge with finance nerds, but money affects everyone. The problem? It’s long and can be intimidating if you’re not into economics. Like, I wish my girlfriend would read it, but she’s more into Taylor Swift content than finance interviews with people like @npub1s5y…6q7z, @npub1k7v…c04l, and the like. And I bet you know a #Swiftie who feels the same.
So, how do we get music lovers to care about money matters? Imagine Taylor Swift breaking down the financial system in a way her fans get (and no, this isn't about politics). Over the next few weeks, I’ll be translating “Broken Money” using the universal language of music—specifically in #Swiftie speak.
Why Taylor? Because music unites like nothing else, and she’s the biggest artist on the planet. Does this mean I’m a Swiftie? No. Do I like some of her songs? Sure. The point is, if her fans start to get what us Bitcoiners are about, this could be huge.
I’ll summarize each chapter in easy-to-grasp Notes, old-school thread style for those who aren’t into reading novels (like this post 😅). I need your help: Share these notes with music lovers (including non-Swifties), especially if you have a big following. Even a simple screenshot can go a long way.
This is an experiment, and my stuff won’t be perfect, but maybe it’ll be enough to get some Swifties interested in the world of money and Bitcoin. Let’s make this happen!
Last but not least, if you or someone you know gets hooked, I encourage you to check out Lyn’s book here: https://shorturl.at/J147M
Now let’s get out there and bridge the gap between music and money!
#money
#brokenmoney
#music
#bitcoin
#taylorwift
#technology
#swifties
#introductions
#art
#finance
#nostrmusic
#plebs
#hodl

2024-09-13 19:18:17

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If we’re talking punk, Nostr is Minor Threat and Twitter is Simple Plan.

2024-09-13 16:48:13

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Hello! My immediate intention is to help creatives in my sphere understand the 'why' of the chaos in the world. Most people jump straight to the 'what' (as in 'what is bitcoin?'). It amazes me how few people understand basic economics, despite that the economy touches everyone's lives in some capacity literally every day. There are many resources that make a good case for why broken money is the root of tension in society. One obvious example is the book Broken Money by @lynalden, which is fantastic. However, even though it explains the root of the problem in simple terms, that book (and others like it) tend to attract people with an explicit interest in finance, economics, etc. The average person, such as my girlfriend (a doctor, who has the brains to understand the book), won't pick up that book no matter how clear and terse it is because economics does not interest her. On the other hand, she listens to music. My belief is you have to meet people where they are at. Music is a universal language. It is the common denominator. Last time I checked, #Metallica sold out a stadium in #Brazil with fans singing every lyric even though most of them probably did not speak a lick of English. With this in mind, I think #music can be used to simply explain concepts such as decentralization, privacy and broken money in today's world, which gets people to eventually understand bitcoin. So that is my intention; to use music to get the broadest audience possible to care about the things people on Nostr care about. If you start by trying to explain 'what is bitcoin' without first explaining 'why have we arrived at this point of dysfunction', you lose the audience from the start. I want to change that. I just happen to believe music is one of the better vessels out there for doing so. To your other question, yes I have heard of @Wavlake, though admittedly have not spent much time with it. There is so much to explore with Nostr, but I'll be dabbling with Wavlake more and would love to help their cause. I do have experience advising companies that were trying to do something similar to them. The biggest obvious hurdle for Wavlake is achieving critical mass, which is a little trickier with a service like that compared to Nostr due to the sheer volume of IP owned by the major record labels, which is difficult and expensive to license, and minimizes the incentive for the casual listener to check out the service (and ultimately, those are the listeners needed for critical mass). Of course, there is much more to this. If you know anyone working on Wavlake, I'd be happy to speak to them!