Nostr, Bitcoin, and the Fight for Digital Free Speech with Rabble (WiM552)

Evan “Rabble” Henshaw-Plath joins me to explore the founding of Twitter, how Nostr fights censorship and preserves freedom of speech, the overlap between Bitcoin and Nostr, the tradeoffs of using and building on Nostr, freedom of speech vs freedom of reach, and the future of Nostr and decentralized technology.

Evan “Rabble” Henshaw-Plath is a coder, activist, anarchist, and hacker who was one of the original developers of Twitter.

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0:00 - WiM Episode Trailer
1:06 - The Early Days of Twitter
7:14 - When Will Nostr Go Mainstream?
9:24 - Why Did Rabble Leave Twitter?
11:51 - How has Jack Dorsey Changed Since Founding Twitter?
14:19 - Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover
15:46 - What Exactly Is Nostr?
19:41 - How Nostr Works – A Simple Breakdown
22:03 - The Farm at Okefenokee
23:30 - Heart & Soil Supplements
24:30 - How Nostr Fights Censorship and Preserves Free Speech
31:46 - Can You Create Your Own Algorithm on Nostr?
35:01 - The Overlap Between Bitcoin and Nostr
36:56 - How Do We Get People to Use Decentralized Tech Like Nostr?
42:13 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing
43:05 - Mine Bitcoin with Blockware Solutions
44:27 - The Best Apps Being Built on Nostr
51:36 - The Tradeoffs of Building on Nostr
55:24 - Anarchism and the Solar Punk Ethos
1:04:28 - Comparing TCP/IP and Nostr – A Deeper Look
1:06:59 - On-Ramp Bitcoin Custody
1:08:22 - NetSuite: Business Software
1:09:39 - The Power of Community in Nostr’s Growth
1:13:47 - The Deplatforming of Charles Coughlin
1:16:22 - Freedom of Speech vs. Freedom of Reach – The Debate
1:19:32 - How Will Decentralized Tech Reshape Society?
1:25:08 - How Will Governments Respond to Nostr?
1:30:22 - MindLab Pro Supplements
1:31:33 - Buy Bitcoin with Coinbits
1:33:01 - What Is nos.social?
1:36:12 - What Is Cashu? The Future of E-Cash on Nostr
1:39:33 - Nostr vs. Bluesky
1:47:17 - The Future of Nostr and Decentralized Tech
1:56:55 - Where to Find Rabble and His Work

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