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By Efrat Fenigson May 19, 2026

You own your identity, not the state | CLIP

I break down to @npub1...kdtz4 why I moved from Telegram to Nostr after being kicked off, explaining how the decentralized protocol lets you own your keys and your social graph - followers, content and identity - and carry it across apps. You own your identity, not the state.

The craziest part: Nostr has a built-in peer-to-peer wallet for sending money to people. It’s a truly sovereign, censorship-resistant protocol.

Full episode out now on @npub1...s6kln.

Mentions: Hakeem Anwar , You’re The Voice

Client:: Primal Web

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Iain Davis May 21 2026

#introductions

Hi everyone, I’m Iain Davis and I’m a journalist researcher and writer from the UK who is firmly of the opinion we are all being farmed by a bunch of lunatic fringe robber barons. Or, at least, they’re trying to farm us. Personally, I’m opposed.

You can read my stuff in various places:

My blog: https://iaindavis.com

My Substack: https://iaindavis.substack.com

At Unlimited Hangout: https://unlimitedhangout.com/author/iain-davis/

My previous book: https://iaindavis.org

My latest book “The Technocratic Dark State”:
https://thetechnocraticdarkstate.com

The Technocratic Dark State eBook:
https://thetechnocraticdarkstate.com/digital

And my work is often syndicated by great outlets like Off-Guardian: https://off-guardian.org/?s=iain+davis&submit=Search

I actually set up my Nostr profile about three years ago but then barely used it and carried on ranting in the “X” echo-chamber for no apparent reason. Clearly, the old social media is dead to everyone except those willing to hand over the last vestige of their self respect to despots who will amplify or silence them, depending on how loyal they think they are.

Nostr is definitely part of the solution, but it wasn’t until I saw the recent discussion between @npub1...hsguz and @npub1...kdtz4 that I realised that I, like many others, had been banging my head against the old social media wall for too long.

You can check out Efrat’s and Hakemm’s chat here:

https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqswe9d4udf9p0pmu5g4z6x3f303dtqahw8t4e3fvkfnwfztswkm82s8l5rqz

So thanks to Efrat and Hakeem for giving me the kick up the backside I needed. I’m excited about the possibilities, am looking for solutions, and can’t wait to get to know some of you better soon.

All the best,

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