Eugene points out that in the current centralised social media, your identify is held by the provider. On nostr, the user holds the keys to their own identity. One identity works with many apps. It can't be revoked deleted or taken over by the service provider. This gives you a credible exit, you own the account so you can move it elsewhere if the web host is toxic or abusive. #nostr #nostrshire

Panel talking about dark markets on nostr. Nostr can be quite anonymous and encrypted and connected to payment via bitcoin. Can it therefore do Silk Road? Allow anonymous markets? Nobody wants to publicly advocate for selling illegal drugs, but yeah, sure, people could do that. There's even protocol types for market places. Relay owners might get into legal issues if they are forwarding illegal market listings. But this is true in general, there are also illegal images and even illegal text. Nostr relays and Devs might find themselves in legal trouble anyway, due to the general legal crackdowns on internet requiring age proof and id on websites obstensively to protect kids. These are freedoms we all need to fight for. Perhaps brains will drain to more free jurisdictions? Devs move to where open development is legal? Not the panel at least. They want to say at home. #nostr #nostrshire #darkMarkets

Angor is a crowdfunding protocol for nostr and bitcoin. Dan here is building it. Kickstarter without middle men. Accountability is key. What stops the fund raiser just fleeing with the coin? Funds are programmed to be released in stages, time locked in a multisig. So if they aren't meeting milestones, investors can withdraw. If the founders are buying lambos instead of building, just cash out at that point. Permissionless and decentralised, no servers except nostr relays and bitcoin nodes. No third party's claiming 30 percent fees. The system is a nostr client scanning relays for investment object types. Allowing investment into the funding contracts and subscription to updates. #nostr #nostrshire #angor