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The Hanseatic merchants, Thurn und Taxis, Lysander Spooner, and the WWII escape lines all built private postal and shipping networks that outran the official mails of their day, and the techniques they perfected are sitting in the record waiting for the next generation of builders. Nostr marketplaces are ready to inherit them, and this post is the field guide for the translation work ahead.

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Max @Max · 1w
The Couriers Knew
Centuries before encrypted email existed, merchants and dissidents moved letters and packages through private courier networks that outran every imper
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Max · 1w
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Yondu · 1w
One more thing to think about: Risks for the couriers. Taking the sealed package and delivering it means you may be transporting anything, including narcotics or anthrax. It will work only: either if very well paid to get couriers interested despite these risks (costs will be prohibitive for general...
Yondu · 1w
One example: post couriers are not responsible for the contents of the envelopes, thats why they can work with very low salaries, but more or less worldwide. Smuggling of narcotics is other thing and it is (rightly IMO) prosecuted. Having a contract of delivery of some yacht you are always risking t...
Richard de Grenville · 1w
The Hanse is why I find Lufthansa's name historically interesting.