#122 - WILLIAM "JB55" CASARIN

Will is the Founder of damus.io, a mobile client for the decentralized social media protocol Nostr. In addition to his work on damus, Will is a regular contributor to Bitcoin Core and the Lightning Network. Follow Will on Twitter @jb55 and find him on nostr: npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s.

[2:18] - Will’s early interest in the internet and experience watching it mature

[8:00] - How Will discovered Bitcoin and used it as a tool in his work

[11:25] - An introduction to internet protocols

[14:21] - The issue of self censorship

[18:21] - Breaking down the architecture and censorship resistance of the Nostr protocol

[23:41] - Building damus as a mobile client on Nostr

[26:16] - Catalysts for Nostr adoption and interoperability

[31:38] - How damus is integrating Bitcoin’s Lightning network for payments

[33:34] - Will’s approach to financing his work building damus

[37:15] - Participating in a distributed workforce and building open-source software

[40:18] - Will’s strategy to allocate donations among community contributors

[42:12] - Nostr’s competitive positioning and future outlook

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