As Iran imposes sweeping internet restrictions, protestors are turning to Bitcoin-linked apps like Bitchat and its localized fork Noghteha — leveraging mesh networks and cypherpunk ideals to maintain communication amid the blackout.
El Salvador's illuminodes launched AuthenticDoc on November 13 at Adopting Bitcoin, deploying Nostr and Bitcoin cryptography for tamper-proof docs amid a 40% CAGR surge to $60B by 2030, targeting DocuSign's risks.
Tim Berners-Lee suggests the web’s flaws requires regulation to fix. But the problem doesn't lie in design alone: The entire fiat-based monetary system exerts pressure that distorts incentives and has shaped the web’s trajectory in ways Berners-Lee may not fully appreciate.
Nostr has the potential to become the social layer of the internet and beat the incumbents at their own game. Despite early momentum from figures like Jack Dorsey, Nostr usage is flatlining in 2025. What's the killer app?
Protestors in Nepal recently showed the world the power of censorship-resistant digital communications technology — the type of technology they should continue using as they rebuild.
Bitcoiners who aren't on Nostr are missing the point. The purple pill of Nostr is inseparable from Bitcoin's orange pill.
In this sit-down interview with Bitcoin Magazine, Derek Ross throws down the gauntlet to Bitcoiners who aren't on Nostr.
Laos, a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, suffers immense corruption and oppressive censorship. Freedom tech like Nostr and Bitcoin offer ways around it.