evan just made a really interesting point about the interaction of nostr and lightning.

he thinks nostr has a good payment setup right now where payments are a layer above the core protocol allowing anyone to participate without making any payments at all.

he emphasized that while bitcoin payments are cool and probably fun for some bitcoiners, the fact that it’s not forced on users means non-bitcoiners can continue to participate on nostr without needing any internet money… in his view, this is where some of the shitcoin decentralized social protocols went wrong, embedding payments into the core of the protocol.