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Observation:

On Nostr I follow a bunch of indie hackers building open source stuff creating immense value, most notably in nostr and bitcoin. They’re all grant funded.

On X I follow a bunch of indie hackers building proprietary stuff creating immense value, most notably in AI. Many are making insane monthly recurring revenues (MRR) and are all bootstrapped/self-funded.

Question:

How do we create a culture of open source indie hackers in bitcoin/nostr that are making self-sustaining MRR?

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have them buy more bitcoin

james_r · 115w

try make startups for bitcoiners and realize there aren't enough users for your stuff then sell your soul to crypto VCs

Pieter Levels is a good example. He makes almost 200k MRR with various project (most around digital nomads and AI). An extreme example. But reaching 10k MMR seems like a realistic goal. https://image.nostr.build/f1b4a16f5f3a923712d41670d8dfeccd2575b3e00d5fcfe484d12f6bc29badac.jpg

Nostr needs time; we can't ask a farmer who just planted seeds for a harvest.

nostr bots/services will be a good way to get recurring rev i expect. Plenty of low hanging fruit.

Melvin Carvalho · 115w

Maybe bring AI to nostr

asyncmind · 115w

I building nostr:nprofile1qqs2um8ftr5qf05xk9z7dfeumndg5s4mte2z04gynlnztxmd6rczclgpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz8thwden5te0dehhxarj9e3xjarrda5kuetj9eek7cmfv9kz7qg4waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxummnw3ezucn89uf6pfyx to boost development processes using #BDD , I believe it will unlock decentralized develo...

PixelBob · 115w

The value in proprietary software is in its ability to monopolise a given space. Open source cannot monopolise, by design.

Based on trading activity it looks like #BitcoinETF buyers are still HODLing. So far there's no sign of panic. It will likely take a much larger drop in #Bitcoin before they finally capitulate. That may come as soon as next week, especially after another big selloff t...

The Commoner · 115w

Oh I don’t know - maybe by building an app that makes it easier for them to Bitcoinize (monetize) their business by incentivizing customers with a 50/50 split in any future price appreciation of the Bitcoin those customers use to pay the business for variable time periods dependent on market condi...

nerd2ninja; ©️📺 · 115w

Provide enterprise support for the software you develop. Everybody thinks "no one will pay for my software if they can just install it for free" well guess what, businesses will. Red Hat Enterprise Linux was bought by IBM for $34 (quick web search because I thought it was million, but it's more) ...

These are my observations running a hackerspace in bitcoin. I see two main issues: Nostr is a niche within a niche and Bitcoiners do not like to pay for things. So you have to be creative and charge significant amount more for services rendered. The last thing is most Bitcoin companies and Nostr ...

someone · 115w

using freemium model

Deleted Account · 115w

Many in Bitcoin aren’t grant funded, and even more so in the broader open source world. The AI guys are the anomaly not the other way around and it’s pretty much all due to ethics I’m personally building a FOSS tool that’s being sold by glassnode for 700$/m, there is in my opinion no ethica...

Please. no bots. Especially political bots. So how about… no. The culture sucks there.

With limited context around who these people on Twitter are… Someone who has MRR in their profile is clearly money focused. Their primary goal is to make money? Right? Your average Nostr dev is likely more interested in making a difference, money is just to live on and not have to work a regular...