Dossier
Nostr
Coverage of Nostr in the Nexus archive.
- Nostr is the Orange Web: Bitcoin’s Niche and Futuristic Alternative Internet
Nostr is a decentralized social media protocol built on Bitcoin technology, allowing users to control their content and followers across platforms. It supports Bitcoin micro-payments (zaps) and features apps like Primal and music sites like Tunestr and Wavlake. Notable users include Edward Snowden and Jack Dorsey.
- $1.3M-Funded OpenAgents Pays Gamers and Everyday PCs in Bitcoin via Pylon Distributed AI Network
OpenAgents, a Bitcoin-native AI infrastructure lab, secured $1.3 million in pre-seed funding to expand Pylon, a distributed compute network that pays users in Bitcoin for spare computational resources. The company aims to build an open-source AI lab competing with centralized models by leveraging gaming and everyday PCs for machine learning tasks.