Leave Big Tech Behind — Building a Nostr-First Future with Paul Keating

Paul Keating joins me to discuss Nostr, a decentralized open protocol for social media and other forms of online communication, the power of owning your online identity using key pairs, how zaps are revolutionizing creator monetization, what life is like at the Bitcoin Jungle in Costa Rica, home births, and parenting as a digital nomad.

Paul Keating is the head of growth at Primal and is living in the Bitcoin Jungle of Costa Rica.

Nostr: https://primal.net/paul

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paulinthejungle

Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@paulinthejungle

Film: https://primal.net/hummingbird

Bitcoin Jungle: https://www.bitcoinjungle.app/

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - What is Paul Keating Working on Today?

1:49 - Problems with Social Media

3:38 - Working for Paul Saladino

7:12 - A Nostr Standard

13:14 - Becoming a Nostr-First Podcast

17:11 - Decentralized vs Centralized Social Media: Identity at the Protocol Layer

20:31 - Nostr’s Organic Adoption Via Government Overreach

26:35 - Primal Studio and Nostr.build

33:29 - The Nostr Protocol: Key Pairs

35:15 - Zaps on Nostr

38:42 - Life at Bitcoin Jungle in Costa Rica

42:55 - Home Births and Becoming a Parent

46:26 - Traveling as Young Parents

51:16 - Balancing Parenting and Work

58:09 - How to Connect with Paul

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