TPB104 - Nostr: Promoting Freedom and Healing Brokenness with Will Casarin and Roger Huang

The Progressive Bitcoiner

"Nostr is like our lifeboat in the same sense that bitcoin is our lifeboat for money." - Will Casarin

My guests today are Will Casarin and Roger Huang. Will is a nostr and Bitcoin developer and the founder of Damus. Roger is journalist having previously written for TechCrunch, VentureBeat, and currently is a contributor for Forbes and author of “Would Mao Hold Bitcoin.”

In this episode we explore the world of Nostr, a decentralized social network. We discuss freedom tech, censorship resistance, and the future of online communication in the wake of censorship, bans and arrests around the world including X, Telegram, and more. Learn how Nostr compares to traditional social media and why it's crucial for preserving free speech in the digital age.

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