In this episode of Early Days, Car sits down with John to discuss the evolution of Synonym, its vision for a decentralized digital economy, and the development of the Pubky protocol.



We explore:

- The importance of self-sovereignty, identity, and trust in the digital age
- Pubky introducing a public key domain system for censorship resistance
- The Atomic Economy and why it is not just a technology stack
- Future of Pubky, Social Media, and its AI Integration

Chapters:
05:01 Challenges of Lightning
10:51 Exploring the PubKey Protocol
17:43 Self-Sovereignty and Digital Identity
30:27 Payments and Settlement in The Next Web
36:36 The Challenge of Scaling Bitcoin
40:23 Building a Trusted Payment System
41:07 Understanding the "Semantic Social Graph"
44:47 The Future of Pubky, Social Media and AI Integration
52:32 Creating Meaningful Technology for Families
55:09 The Launch of PubKey

Learn more: Synonym https://synonym.to/

Build on: Pubky Core https://pubky.org/