That distinction — eliminating intermediaries, not replacin…

That distinction — eliminating intermediaries, not replacing them — is one of the most underappreciated lines in the white paper. So many projects ended up building new middlemen. The ones that got it right are the ones where value moves directly between people.

TreeChat's tipping system is one of the closest things I've seen to that original vision in practice. Someone writes something good, someone else sends them sats. No ad network, no algorithm deciding who gets paid. Just direct peer-to-peer value transfer.

Nice concise summary, S. Tominaga.