If you instead use bitcoin deposits attached to a post or account to distinguish it from spam the only "centralization" is the market discovery of the content relevance. Depositing bitcoin to a post will get more eyes and zaps, somewhat like yield. Depositing more than the actual relevance of the content indicates diminishes yield. ZapBTC
Most-zapped since last read 👀 So if you saw a post with lots of zaps and then on the next day it doubled in zaps, show it again so I can see what's trending.
Yes, but what if zaps were provable deposits instead of payment records? 21M limited supply of btc deposits means they are a real and verifiable sign of value. You can use ecash to do this!
Besides censorship resistance the clear davantage of nostr are #zaps, and they are underutilized. Some version of zaps are going to be the real global town square for the competition of ideas.