Zaps represent the only fundamentally new innovation in social media.
Everything else is a distraction.
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Decentralization that actually works is quite new too.
Yes, the most important innovation of Nostr lies in its decentralized model, which is both simple and effective. Features like Zaps are appealing, but ultimately they are add-ons, functionality that could be integrated into other platforms as well.
Decentralized distribution is a foundational aspect of the protocol, something that must be built into the architecture from the ground up.
Don't forget about #DeSo the decentralized blockchain and their Twitter alternative #diamond which is still going strong.
Their deso #token with which you can also buy creator coins from your favorite creators is also very impressive. The better the creator performs the more their creator coin is worth...
And the whole thing works via etherium wallet as your Web3 identity.
Worth checking out if you aren't familiar with it 👍
If there is a token it's a scam
Fair enough, you have anything to backup the 'no exceptions' stance?
DINO
Decentralized In Name Only
aka scam
I arrived on Nostr 24 hours ago after rejecting Threads. Only just noticed Zaps — just waiting for it to flow my way, haha. Nostr 'just works', I like it.
You don't have a lightning address
Get one
#Zapathon
👋 @jack merci pour ce lieu incroyable
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I'm curious though why Zap wouldn't use something like NANO (XNO) instead of BTC though. It's almost instant, and is inherently feeless. It does this without the need for a second layer, and uses ridiculously less power as well. It just seems like a no-brainer for everything this platform (as well as Zap) is about.
What do you think is it possible to add #NANO address to Amethyst user profile and button to make payments in #XNO?
Pretty much! Add as your "website": nano:YOUR_NANO_ACCOUNT
Like:
nano:nano_165ncyhzggm6d9isrhfu956s6dnrt3tca8dge86b4uw97zddmt9cfwzyo63i
When clicking, this will trigger the automatic opening of the nano wallet.
Just wanted to be the first to link these for visibility: #XNO #NANO
Facts!!
Punto
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i am going to also say truly free speach is a fundamental innovation. no offense @jack
Freedom of speech is the true feature of Nostr.
One doesn't have to use Bitcoin to enjoy freedom on Nostr.
New here!! How this zaps works?! Likes that are Sats?!
Create a wallet on Alby or Strike.
Connect it with your profile
Start creating content.
People will like and send you zaps ( Sats )
Likes and Zaps are different things.
You can buy coffee with Zaps can't with likes.
Zaps are possible way to get monetize as creator from the first post.
❌ You don't need 1k followers and watch time. (YouTube)
❌ You don't need blue tick and 500 followers and impression 1M milestone ( X )
❌ Brand Deals ( Instagram)
Just connect your wallet - > Provide value to your audience - > Start stacking #Bitcoin
#nostr is revolutionary moment in social media world.
Let’s try taking a poll on this.
What’s the bigger innovation, Censorship Resistance or Zapping Lightning Payments on notes?
Censorship Resistance
note1gh29run0c95caeefmmtz6eq9fuyuwng38a9fekkspm3agg9f6uwqvearjz
Zapping Lightning Payments
note1xzttexsxmjx8gpam23zdwtncyxeqhz6mxrwmzdutz55erd8r4ugqa342g2
I accept zaps lol
Not the way I do it
Re note & quote that's the way
And not being able to delete
YES, Mister! :)
🫡💜⚡️
#Zap on infinity and beyond
Hi all, how one can start? Any safe instruction to set it up?
Zaps :
• engagement
• revenue
• antispam
Spammers can pay.
Spammers are willing to pay money. They do so often.
They probably don't yet pay to spam on Nostr because it's like spamming to a clear wall.
This!
💯💯💯
So far…. We need more.
that is true
True
Yes, I love the zaps, but my wallet is starving recently... I wonder what happened with the zapathon...
what about hexagonal nft avatars, that was very innovative of you
Stay humble, stack zaps
So this whole “nostr decentralization” is just a distraction?
My take is that freedom of speech is the fundamental issue that Nostr addresses and Bitcoin is the distraction.
Indeed, Nostr was always about censorship resistance and it's all the core protocol provides.
New users find most posts about Bitcoin and leave if they're not as obsessed with it, because it distracts them from the benefits of Nostr.
🔥🤓 #plebchain #grownostr
Decentralization and censorship resistance are the fundamental qualities of Nostr and, indeed, all that the mandatory part of the protocol provides.
That is fundamentally more important than a payment or donation system.
the payment system is very important as it's familiarizing people with lightning
There are many things in the world. The purpose of Nostr isn't to familiarize people with any one of them.
I don't think it's important.
I think it's important that Bitcoin adoption happens as soon as possible
Many things are important, it doesn't mean everything has to be about it.
Zap is a unique feature of nostr that everyone loves.
Zapping is the USP of nostr.
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Guess text posts are a distraction, so this note is a distraction lol!
I’d say that + real censorship resistance
I see what you’re doing 😉
can i zap people to get follows?
This is the future!
This is freedom!
💪🏾🤘🏾😎⚡️
Why #Bluesky then?
What about the decentralization…. 👀
🤟
Hey brother totally agree. Zaps zap the banks out of pic eventually. What are you thoughts on counterparty / XCP?
its much more of an incentive yet so simple, like a like but so much more..
Zaps are cool, but the absolute inability for anyone else to deplatform you is bigger.
IMO
Zaps represent the only fundamentally new innovation in social media.
Everything else is a distraction.
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I believe the true innovation of Nostr lies in its decentralized nature, with no central point of failure. Zaps are just the icing on the cake.
It's still true.
Zaps represent the only fundamentally new innovation in social media.
Everything else is a distraction.
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The discrete, user signed packet of structured data is the innovation.
The ability to reference other packets or authors by a globally unique ID is the innovation.
Zaps are an application of the base innovation of Nostr. Otherwise simple lightning payments would have had the same emergent effects, but it didn't.
Zaps represent the only fundamentally new innovation in social media.
Everything else is a distraction.
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i like Sats, but in most countries Sats are harder to get by than regular platform tokens such as TikTok flowers, lions, etc.., which you can get with a normal online payment
Now the highest paying job in social media is streaming
Yet, although its 2025 this primitive setup + 20-25 accounts on 3-4 different platforms is the #1 technology used by streamers that make +200k/yr to fight mid-stream account suspension
(similar setups can cost 20k+ easily)
and this is the only lucrative niche that NOSTR can capitalize on as a business
read more books
Hey Jack, you gonna zap some plebs then?
You have over 200 replies and not many zaps.
Zaps represent the only fundamentally new innovation in social media.
Everything else is a distraction.
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Social network.