Across the space — same passion, same struggle.
Funding his own flights. His own accommodation.
Using the sats he had saved. No guarantees.
That level of commitment felt almost unreal.
We built PubPay: Nostr + Lightning for public payments.
Invited Roger to perform. No budget to pay him.
What if we could use this technology to directly support
people like Roger? PubPay Live was born.
Simple. Permissionless.
No middlemen.
Value for Value.
Roger kept using it. Other musicians tried it.
We partnered with HRF to support activists.
Bitcoin Amsterdam, BCC8333 Barcelona, Satsconf.
What if speakers could be rewarded live during their talks?
But it worked.
For a moment, the line between
speaker and audience disappeared.
Every speaker onboarded to Nostr.
Nostr featured on the official livestream.
This isn't theory. This is Bitcoin being used as money.
Scan the QR. Zap me anything.
One sat. A thousand sats.
Or try to take the top spot on the leaderboard.
Let's show this room what a circular economy feels like.
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