100 sats \ 1 reply \ @Scoresby OP 18 Jan \ parent \ on: How do you explain zapping to non-bitcoiners? bitcoin
In the fan fiction world there is a pretty well developed concept of the gift economy. But it has a pretty strong anti-capitalist bent. So when I've spoken about zapping to fandom people, it hasn't gone too well.
In the fan fiction world there is a pretty well developed concept of the gift economy. But it has a pretty strong anti-capitalist bent. So when I've spoken about zapping to fandom people, it hasn't gone too well.
Gift economy is accurate for what exists on nostr/SN - communities existing on a base layer that allows them to transmit value peer to peer.
where anti-capitalists might have a point is how the community tends to based around money (i.e., most people on nostr/SN are also bitcoiners, discussing finance etc) and are not necessarily in a dependence situation - they do not need to interact with the 'gift economy' to get the 'gift'(bitcoin).
using the fandom example, I can't necessarily get fan fiction from a cornerstore. it's not really a commodity in the same sense that say, a Gatorade is. I can't go and pay for a drink with it - but I could maybe trade my stories for someone willing to pay me with money to buy my drinks. I have to interact with whatever fandom I'm into to get my fix, and sometimes I might send someone money for things I desire to participate. having money isn't a hard requirement for participation, having what the fandom values is.
Bitcoin is many things -but it is also money-people may get hung upon this aspect and only see the fiat motivations as in the attention economy (see TikTok & their gifting of 'roses','galaxies'etc) vs the network of relationships being built via a knowledge gift market like nostr/SN.
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