#11 Up ✌️ NoGood | Open Markets Podcast

<p>Eric and Sync sit down with Thomas, the Amsterdam-based illustrator behind NoGood, for a conversation about Bitcoin art, Nostr, old hardware, open-source culture, physical media, and building a creative life outside the algorithm.</p>

<p>Thomas recently released NoGood Volume 1, a self-published book collecting five years of illustration work, sketches, process, and context around the world that shaped NoGood.</p>

<p><em>Topics:</em></p>

<p><strong>Value for Value</strong></p>

<p>We open with zaps, boosts, and streams from Cyphermunk House, NoGood, Mr. Bullish, Shadrach, Permanerd, and other friends of the show. Sync also explains why streaming sats through apps like Fountain feels different from a one-time zap.</p>

<p><strong>Nostr DMs, Cordn, White Noise, and private messaging</strong></p>

<p>We get into the current state of private messaging on Nostr: NIP-04, NIP-17, metadata leakage, relay uncertainty, spam attacks, multi-device sync, and why reliable private messaging still feels like one of the missing pieces.</p>

<p>Cordn comes up as a promising new private messaging project from Gzuuus. Eric describes using it and says it felt smooth, fast, and close to the Signal-like experience people have been waiting for on Nostr.</p>

<p>We also touch on White Noise, MLS, 0xChat, Iris, noStrudel, Yakihonne, Cashu wallets, nutzaps, locked ecash, and how ecash could help with smoother streaming payments inside Nostr.</p>

<p><strong>NoGood Volume 1 giveaway</strong></p>

<p>Sync built a Nostr raffle tool to pick the winner of the NoGood Volume 1 giveaway based on likes, reposts, and interactions with the giveaway note.</p>

<p>Winner: Corto Cornelius</p>