Say WoT? – Ep. 5: Proof of Person with Nathan Day and David Strayhorn
By Avi Burra and QW
Aired May 11, 2026 · 1h 6m · Last boosted May 14, 2026
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What does it mean to be human online? In an age of AI agents posting, interacting, and transacting across the network, the question has stopped being philosophical and started being structural. Avi is joined by David Strayhorn (Brainstorm) and Nathan Day to dig into proof of personhood and why your social graph might be the most non-intrusive way to solve it. On Nostr, bots are first-class citizens. The problem isn't that they exist, it's that we have no native way to tell who is who they claim to be. Nathan traces his path from BTC Map's proof...
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1k This was one of my two favourites podcasts recently. For the same reason. Both guests, Simon Dixon here and Lyn Alden on Peter McCormack’s show, were outside of their usual comfort zone, and did great jobs framing things for the audience. It got me thinking how we need to meet people where they are. Cheers
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1k This was one of my two favourites podcasts recently. For the same reason. Both guests, Lyn Alden here and Simon Dixon on Coin Stories, were outside of their usual comfort zone, and did great jobs framing things for the audience. It got me thinking how we need to meet people where they are. Cheers
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2.1k Hello, fanboying here a bit, also think you were the first podcast we to read one of my comments into the consciousness of…anyone. :) as to your 100th episode question. Have you ever thought of an audience shift? I listened to Lyn Alden on Peter Mackormack’s show this week and her message was beautifully adjusted to his new audience. If you wanted to get your message out to another group, like Peter has, who would be your target audience?
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Gr8 kickoff on this topic. Love to see follow up and more detail down track.
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Enjoyed this rip with @Avi Burra and npub1u5njm6g5h5cpw4wy8xugu62e5s7f6fnysv0sj0z3a8rengt2zqhsxrldq3 about Proof-of-Person, selective disclosures and scoped Attestations.
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