Nostr + Bitcoin vs AI Slop: The Fight for a Human Internet | Paul Keating

Walker sits down with Paul Keating from Primal to talk about where Nostr is three years after Nostrica, why adoption has been slower than the early hype suggested, and why that may have been a good thing. They explore Primal’s vision, creator onboarding, Bitcoin zaps as a native internet business model, circular Bitcoin economies like Bitcoin Jungle, the coming wave of Nostr apps that hide the protocol from end users, and why human-first, sovereignty-preserving social tools matter more than ever in an age of AI slop, algorithmic addiction, and centralized digital identity.

Key topics discussed

• How Nostr has matured since Nostrica and why the ecosystem is stronger now than during the first hype wave
• Primal’s roadmap, including polls, better creator tooling, smoother onboarding, and a broader vision for healthier social media
• Why Bitcoin zaps and Nostr create a fundamentally better creator economy than legacy platforms or “Web3” token schemes
• The real-world circular Bitcoin economy in Bitcoin Jungle and what it shows about living on a Bitcoin standard
• Why Nostr may become increasingly important as AI-generated slop, censorship, surveillance, and centralized identity systems accelerate
• DiVine vs AI Slop: Using proof-of-human posting to fight the rise of AI-generated content online.

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