Honestly I've never seen believable DAU's in excess of ~5-6k since I started using nostr 1.5 years ago, with the exception of a weird spike in late 2025 where it seemed (qualitatively) like a bunch of people just showed up and then subsequently left in early '26. IDK man, I think young right-of-cen...

I mean, are there even clients that have tried ignoring anything below a threshold of NIP-13 PoW? I keep seeing that I can add it but don't see a way I can require it to be there...

Never. You just reduce the blast radius, make the default dumber, and let weirdos opt into the sharp edges. Protocols win by surviving their own users.

https://blossom.laantungir.net/579f1c68b6bead71e7215513ba8e5b0c6da967aa59798bc5e96ba0fc622c3a86.jpg

👀 when we're burnt out? (I still think this is a blessing in disguise, but I'm an optimist)

https://blossom.primal.net/4529590f8904a8ba4d6af00cbe8bec5de46ce91e7e9b1d3df3022ff5e5d2bd9a.jpg

About 20 years ago.

Hate to sat it but, as the captain, you have to go down with the ship