@asklemmy How could users Monitise themselves on the Fediverse?

As people possibly move across to the Fediverse to find alternatives, we have to question how people are going to make a living on this amazing platform.

Can it be fully run by donations or is there a better way for people to be paid across the Fediverse?

  • anarchost@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    As far as I can tell, it was basically intended as a cryptocurrency pushing network from the beginning. Here’s some marketing babble right from their site:

    Integrated with lightning [cryptocurrency], Nostr enables new value-for-value business models that have the potential to be more fair.

    More PR speak about zaps (cryptocurrency exchanges), wallets, etc are all accessible from the official website.

    • ElectroVagrant@lemmy.world
      2·
      8 months ago

      Ah yeah, my bad, I also see this on another part of the site regarding “zaps”:

      From the beginning of the Nostr protocol, it was common to see Lightning invoices in notes.

      I think I remembered it otherwise by coming at it from the decentralized comms angle instead of the cryptobro angle.