Nostr's OpenSats Grant Just Rewarded the One Thing Big Tech Can't Buy—And It's Terrifying Them
📰 "Nostr's OpenSats Grant Just Rewarded the One Thing Big Tech Can't Buy—And It's Terrifying Them" by NM team
You think decentralized protocols fail because they lack funding. But on July 28, OpenSats announced a 10.25 Bitcoins grant for long-form content development on Nostr—a signal that the ecosystem is maturing beyond speculation. The same week, developers approved the first privacy-preserving content recommendation algorithm that doesn't rely on tracking. Meanwhile, NIP-60's DVM framework is quietly turning Nostr into something no one predicted: an AI marketplace where agents bid on computational tasks. Here's what's coming—and why the $millions backing matters more than you think.
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