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Trust Revolution
Trust Revolution
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Unfiltered conversations with builders, thinkers, and operators in Bitcoin and beyond. Exploring the systems we trust, why they work (or don't), and what comes next.
Stream sats, not ads.
NEW ESSAY
“Support the show” is charity language. “Make me uncancellable” is a product.
That's what voluntary payment actually offers. Not mass adoption—fifty years of data killed that dream. An exit when Patreon bans you, PayPal freezes your account, or your bank decides your business doesn't align with their values.
The 5% who pay aren't your revenue. They're your lifeboat.
Adapted from S02E14: Why Ads Keep Winning.
Trust Revolution
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Trust Atlas is live. Open data for global trust.
What Happened:
Iran dropped 55 points between 2000 and 2007, with a small recovery since. Indonesia fell steadily from 52% to 5%. Iraq and Egypt declined through years of conflict. The data ends at 2018 for most—we don't know the current state.
What Happened:
Iran dropped 55 points between 2000 and 2007, with a small recovery since. Indonesia fell steadily from 52% to 5%. Iraq and Egypt declined through years of conflict. The data ends at 2018 for most—we don't know the current state.
Trust Atlas
Trust Atlas
Trust is the invisible infrastructure of society. Open data across 210 countries.
NEW EPISODE
Twitter verification used to mean something. Now it means you paid $8.
Meta employees need permission to remove spammers if their ad budget is high enough.
@Pip the WoT guy built the alternative on Web of Trust. Reputation computed from your actual social graph, not from a company that can flip a switch and erase you.
S02E16 Pippellia – Reputation Without a Kill Switch
https://fountain.fm/episode/K745y4I3kdplDkqnI7D2
@HRF Director of Financial Freedom, @npub1cf3z...x7gk, joins to discuss the power of Bitcoin, open source AI, and the fight for freedom around the world.
Full episode available Thursday for supporters, Friday for all.
https://fountain.fm/show/Mk0fJte5vrfiDQ5RyCZd
NEW EPISODE
Voluntary payment has never cracked 5% adoption. Fifty years of trying. NPR, Radiohead, Patreon, Nostr zaps. Human nature doesn't change.
So why build #V4V rails at all?
Because when Patreon banned creators in 2018, lightning worked. When SubscribeStar got cut off by Stripe and PayPal, sats kept moving.
That creator you zap? You're not tipping them. You're making them uncancellable.
S02E14: trustrevolution.co
Trust Revolution • S02E14 Why Ads Keep Winning • Watch on Fountain
NEW EPISODE
It took 69 years to break up AT&T. IBM outspent the DOJ for 12 straight years and ran out the clock.
Cory Doctorow knows this. He still thinks regulation is how we escape enshittification.
We talked about why—and whether that faith is warranted.
S02E13 is out now:
https://fountain.fm/episode/bJgdt0hJAnppEve6Qmt8