How Bitcoin Will Decentralize Social Media | Justin Rezvani, Zion

Can Bitcoin solve Social Media’s censorship problem? Justin Rezvani, Founder of Zion, a decentralized community-building platform, believes that the social media of the future will be built on Bitcoin and the Lightning Network. They will be censorship-resistant - giving creators control over their content, ownership of their online identity, and the ability to monetize without the need for a middleman.

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Justin Rezvani Twitter: https://twitter.com/justinrezvani?

Justin’s Book: Unapologetic Freedom https://www.unapologeticfreedombook.com/

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SHOW NOTES

00:00 Intro

00:15 A Note from our sponsor

00:21 Meet Justin Rezvani

00:57 Why we need decentralized social networks

01:46 Peer-to-peer support for creators

03:16 Social Media built on sound money

03:45 Owning your online identity

07:00 The Lightning Network

09:20 How Bitcoin beats censorship

11:30 How to combat fake news, spam, and bots

15:05 A Note from our sponsor

18:20 Peer governance vs platform governance

19:36 The business model

23:00 You don’t need a blockchain for everything

23:42 Risks and challenges for mass adoption

27:37 Thanks for listening