Picture a future split by two visions. In one, a government-issued credit system rules your purchases. Your smartwatch (aka prison tag) tracks your every move. Try to buy a Big Mac at McDonald’s? If you’re obese, the system declines the purchase. Algorithms enforce ‘wellness,’ tying your spending power to biometric data. It’s a centralized orwellian nightmare, where the state decides what’s best and your wallet’s on a leash. Now flip the script. Imagine decentralized protocols like Nostr, where anyone can build a client, no gatekeepers, no permission needed. You spin up an online store, accepting Bitcoin and Lightning payments. No bank, no regulator, no smartwatch nanny. Want that Big Mac? You buy it. The transaction clears instantly, untouchable by outside hands. Freedom’s baked in your money, your choice. In the first world, efficiency comes with chains. Every purchase is judged, every citizen a data point. In the second, power scatters. Nostr’s relays hum quietly, letting anyone trade, sell, or live without oversight. One path trades liberty for order; the other bets on chaos and trust. The future hinges on which wins: a credit system that polices your fries, or a protocol that says, ‘Buy what you damn well please. The caveat is, will McDonalds accept Bitcoin? If not spin up a restaurant client and either use willing restaurants to fulfill the order or open a dark kitchen and do it yourself. The point is, having a decentralized Web based application protocol and Bitcoin the decentralized cash of the Internet. The possibilities are endless. You can't stop people writing code.

The demonetisation of the high street The soaring rental costs of high street properties could face a dramatic change, driven by drone delivery. Imagine if food outlets no longer need prime storefronts to attract customers. Instead, centralized kitchens located in cheaper, out-of-town industrial zones prepare meals and dispatch them via drones to strategically placed delivery points scattered across cities. No exorbitant leases to maintain, this shift could demonetize the high street as we know it, slashing the value of once coveted retail spaces. The same logic applies to clothing shops. Why pay for a flashy store when warehouses can stock inventory and drones can zip orders straight to consumers? Shoppers might browse online, select their items, and receive them at a nearby drone hub within hours or even minutes. (Amazon are already halfway there, they've already eliminated the high street but their last mile delivery is still by using bike/car/van couriers) The need for a physical presence evaporates, leaving high street landlords scrambling to justify their sky-high rates. Drones are advancing fast, and delivery networks are already being tested globally. As convenience trumps tradition, the high street’s reign as a commercial hub could fade. Rental costs will crash, and the urban landscape will never look the same. The way it will be sold to the people is by emphasising the reduction in traffic, the CO2 saving etc etc.

Just saw a guy order a meal via drone in China I wondered how they get around the point of failure, which is the handover to the customer, it gets stolen, intercepted etc But the drone lands on top of the terminal you ordered it from, then deposits the package into the secure screen Then you enter your pin and voila the screen opens and you retrieve your food The terminal also includes a recycling chute to dispose of the packaging We are just not ready for how technology will disrupt our daily lives

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