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7fqx · 2d
Interesting lore, I think there is a strong element of bitcointwitter2 here, I assumed it was on purpose, maybe it's a dev by dev case basis, but it could also be by accident. Devs are a bit basic and...
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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, micropayments in nostr as zaps went so well together, so that got pushed.
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The Daniel 🖖 · 1d
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 f...