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@ Karadenizli
2025-05-27 23:25:27
Exactly. That being said, what really needs to happen is a nostr based Google maps competitor that links physical businesses to their nostr profile. That's what's gonna stay after there's no use for a bitcoin map anymore.
If you look at my profile, I opened a PR for a nip to enable just that. Gonna try to rework it at some point into having its own kind, but a google maps alternative with all the businesses on it, directly linked to the businesses social media account would be killer.
Currently most small businesses have a Google account for maps, then an Instagram account for a real social media profile, and usually a doordash + UberEats + grubhub (or amazon + eBay + own website) for online ordering. Its a major PITA to create a menu, then recreate it all on your Google profile, then again for doordash. Likewise, let's say you take a nice pic of a product. You have to upload it to Google and Instagram separately. It would be absolutely amazing to show up on Google maps, then the customer can click on your store, opening up your insta profile. Every client showing the side of your business it wants, but no duplication of the same data type across various apps. That's what can be made with nostr and a universal identity.
Its only half a win if every business accepts bitcoin, but their entire digital footprint is scattered across a bunch of terrible companies taking a cut or farming your customers data and inconveniencing everyone to do so.