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NOSTR isn’t just a network — it’s the largest Lightning experiment on Earth running under pure freedom.
Here, likes have value — they’re sats.
No one seizes them, no one censors them.
NOSTR? Your keys, your voice, your money.
No forms, no data harvesting, no permission slips.
One click and you’re in.
No KYC, no gatekeepers, no begging the State or corporations to let you speak.
And if you want to build, you can.
Clients, relays, implementations — whatever you want.
No contracts, no abusive policies, no owners.
The question isn’t why use NOSTR.
The real question is:
Why are you still giving away your freedom anywhere else?
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dude, almost everyone here uses custodial wallets - so: no privacy, no sovereignty, not your coins, not your keys.
That doesn't mean same people are not using non custodial ones.
almost nobody uses non custodial wallets for nostr, lets be real. non custodial lightning is a pain in the ass
Nobody is perfect in everything. We are all evolving.
I believe that absolute freedom is an ideal to strive for, though impossible to fully achieve.
Yet, every choice we make is a step closer to the greatest relative freedom possible.
I don’t see anything wrong with entrusting a few sats or some data to a private entity you deeply trust. In fact, I think a well-designed federated network can be a good compromise on this challenging journey toward freedom.
Where is the difference to Visa, Mastercard or your bank?
They’re all FIAT stuff.
I still use them most of the time, but they’re just tools. I keep spreading the word about open source, trying to help the people around me go down the rabbit hole!
Banks could still exist in a Bitcoin standard, though. Not everyone is willing to take full responsibility for self-custody, and a proper custody service, without fractional reserves or other nonsense, could actually be a useful and legitimate business.
Custodial wallets and ETF paper bitcoin can easily dilute the BTC supply. Then Bitcoin is just FIAT. :)
LFG! Optionality is essential, even is many are using the JV version. At least we’re here for starters! Couldn’t do this a few years ago, what’s possible next year?
