Ben Arc
· 2d
Although 50% of the people working on nostr early on were bitcoiners, it was our holiday away from bitcoin. We didnt want it to become a "bitcoin" thing and scare good talented folks away.
Also, micro...
I saw it as a perfect storm of disaffected bitcoiners leaving Twitter and looking for something that supported not only their identity but demonstrated a real use case for a feature of bitcoin that was in need of a proving ground, and Nostr presented itself at the right moment, with a good deal of funding for it being paid in bitcoin. Iโm not sure why that should be glossed over because it doesnโt tell the right story. I would also love to see this place become much more than just a bitcoin-focused network, but that doesnโt mean getting excited because a bunch of crypto spammers showed up, regardless of whether they are humans or bots. We spent years pushing back on BCash and now itโs back again, and none of the people using it even understand what it is. Are they now the ambassadors of Nostr instead of us?