the #LightningNetwork is over 3x denser than nostr
hubs containing merchants in payment networks will boost the number of connections because its cost efficient to have that payer-payee relationship with large nodes
payment networks encourage all nodes to be connected, while social networks are constrained by you’re ability to keep up with other users… sort of like a social constraint of having too many friends
Is a friend of a friend my friend? social network clustering examines whether your followers also follow each other. let’s look at the clustering coefficient of X and nostr
nostr’s clustering coefficient is 0.25
meaning there’s a 25% chance one of your followers follows another one of your followers
X network data from 2012 estimates the clustering coefficient of 0.033
evidence of how disparate a giant network like X becomes, or proof that n0str users stick together?
where is the web of trust?
support free and open networks
stay humble and stack sats
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M0 money supply increased $837 billion from 1776-2008 (pre financial crisis). Then til now it has increased $5 trillion. Don’t work for money that someone else can print
