You don't adjust currency pairs for inflation

Nostr isn't a blockchain...

This would make for a very interesting nostr use case.

I'll keep an eye on nostr, I've been playing with the idea of doing something with the block chain but not at the position to do that yet

As long as the ruling class thinks your speech is responsible, then speak away!

That comparison makes zero sense.

The police are a way for us to delegate our self-defense to a third party, the state. We give the police a certain level of authority in return for (hopefully) safety.

In your metaphor you're suggesting, "don't protect yourself, you already delegated that responsibility".

Censoring speech on the internet is exactly the same delegation of responsibility. "Don't protect yourself, delegate that responsibility to the censors".

Your metaphor is making the opposite point that you're intending.

This protocol gives me so much hope

This isn't constructive (or relevant). Are there any specific technologies or ideas that the lighting network could contribute to this article?

The twitter app literally has the same tipping over bitcoin/lightning functionality built in. Also there is zero way to paywall content (or anything) within the Damus app. Literally just (the) tips. Apple and Will have a call this afternoon to discuss - hopefully logic prevails.

Craig Wright is such a gigantic tool. Anyone that puts an ounce of weight behind a single word of his is an even bigger tool. Sue me.

Indeed; this whole situation is the Jerry Springer show of open source.

Ideally you'll connect to several relays