Recently had my first encounter with nostr-based tools entirely outside of nostr or bitcoin circles. It was with DEG Mods (

DEG Mods - Liberating Game Mods

) being highlighted as an alternative to Nexusmods for hosting, given Nexus having a well established history now of banning mods people want that don't play along with DEI ethics. The fact that DEG Mods is built on top of nostr wasn't even mentioned. This is how nostr actually ends up taking market share. By being the unstoppable source of a valuable service suffering from censorship.

What options have been developed for using micropayments to fund cloud hosted multiplayer games? #asknostr The creator of 5D Diplomacy (

GitHub

GitHub - Oliveriver/5d-diplomacy-with-multiverse-time-travel: 5D Diplomacy With Multiverse Time Travel

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) mentioned in his breakdown on youtube that the primary reason he didn't setup hosting for it is because he'd have gone bankrupt if enough people all decided to play his game. If he were in a position to charge per game, he might have done it, and anyone could.

So, a solo director using current AI video, voice, and music tools could create a 90 minute film, about anything they want, at quality comparable to the best movies of all time, for between $3900 and $8500 spent on AI services, and between 3-6 months of compute time. That's including 100 generated options for each individual scene, voice training for an entire cast of AI characters, and music made specifically for each moment. No additional tech, nothing still needing to be developed. It can be done right now, by anyone with a vision and the drive. What a timeline.