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Trust Revolution
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Institutions falter, headlines deceive, and centralized power’s grip is weakening. A new reality’s emerging: decentralized protocols like Bitcoin and Nostr are rewriting the rules. From cypherpunk pioneers to grounded business leaders, we unpack how economies and societies are shifting.

📺️ https://youtube.com/@trustrev
🎧️ https://podcast.trustrevolution.co

🎤 Shawn Yeager (@shawn)
🗓️ New episode every Wednesday

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  • wss://relay.nostr.band – read & write
  • wss://nostr-01.yakihonne.com – read & write
  • wss://relay.damus.io – read & write
  • wss://wot.nostr.party – read & write

Recent Notes

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NEW ESSAY

“Support the show” is charity language. “Make me uncancellable” is a product.

That's what voluntary payment actually offers. Not mass adoption—fifty years of data killed that dream. An exit when Patreon bans you, PayPal freezes your account, or your bank decides your business doesn't align with their values.

The 5% who pay aren't your revenue. They're your lifeboat.

Adapted from S02E14: Why Ads Keep Winning.

https://trustrevolution.co/essays/bet-worth-making/
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ICYMI

Trust Atlas is live. Open data for global trust.



What Happened:

Iran dropped 55 points between 2000 and 2007, with a small recovery since. Indonesia fell steadily from 52% to 5%. Iraq and Egypt declined through years of conflict. The data ends at 2018 for most—we don't know the current state.

https://trustatlas.org/
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NEW EPISODE

Twitter verification used to mean something. Now it means you paid $8.

Meta employees need permission to remove spammers if their ad budget is high enough.

@nprofile1q... built the alternative on Web of Trust. Reputation computed from your actual social graph, not from a company that can flip a switch and erase you.

S02E16 Pippellia – Reputation Without a Kill Switch



https://fountain.fm/episode/K745y4I3kdplDkqnI7D2
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NEW EPISODE

Voluntary payment has never cracked 5% adoption. Fifty years of trying. NPR, Radiohead, Patreon, Nostr zaps. Human nature doesn't change.

So why build #V4V rails at all?

Because when Patreon banned creators in 2018, lightning worked. When SubscribeStar got cut off by Stripe and PayPal, sats kept moving.

That creator you zap? You're not tipping them. You're making them uncancellable.

S02E14: trustrevolution.co


https://fountain.fm/episode/nx8jCK6OGhKpTsOI85E3