Short term. Network effects, the current speed / UX that centralized platforms offer, and (unfortunately) more addictive designs.

A family relative of mine, when asked about it, immediately thought “you mean that bitcoin app?” Short term problem. Though I don’t see that as a problem as it brings awareness toward bitcoin, but it does kind of take away Nostr’s standalone value as a censorship-resistant, decentralized pr...

because it’s not centralized

No easy delete, bigotry

The answers I get when I invite people are 1) their network isn't here, 2) they don't understand Bitcoin. I think this is short term, and the best think I can think of to fix it is to build bridges to other services like X or Blue sky, much like was done with the Fediverse and Mastodon.

I believe it is mostly a UX issue. Selecting a client, creating an account, understanding nsec/npub, ... Not to mention the interactions with Bitcoin/LN. It's a lot to digest and manage.

Onboarding & understanding the npub/nsec UX & understanding npub/nsec Limited content/communities Other, easier, more co-worker and MSM approved alternatives Did I mention understanding the whole nsec/npub thing…