Damus Announcement

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Announces Damus Android launch and shows a working social app that sends Lightning payments as “zaps” instead of likes, claiming non‑KYC peer‑to‑peer payments. Demonstrates Domus iOS and cross‑platform clients, cites an ecosystem of 100+ apps with Zap integration, and shows a live demo of verifiable signed posts. Explains App Store censorship issues, notes Zap is an open standard, and adds an AI search (Grok for Nostr) as a convenience feature.

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1. 0:00Intro & Personal Bitcoin Story
2. 0:25Rethinking Bitcoin Adoption
3. 1:42The Promise of Peer-to-Peer Payments
4. 2:09Introducing Nostr: A New Approach
5. 2:30How Nostr Works & Its Parallel to Bitcoin
6. 3:14Connecting Nostr to Bitcoin Payments (Zaps)
7. 3:39Demo of Domus: Bitcoin Social App
8. 4:49The Expanding Ecosystem: Zaps & New Apps
9. 5:19Onboarding to Bitcoin Made Easy with Nostr
10. 6:28Domus on Multiple Platforms & Decentralization
11. 7:20Challenges with App Stores & Platform Expansion
12. 7:45Exploring AI Features in Domus
13. 8:02Get Involved & Growing the Nostr Ecosystem
14. 8:21Conclusion & Closing Music

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