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Big Bad John
@bitcoinerrorlog
If nostr were the answer, people like me would be building on it.

Ask yourselves who the builders are that aren't choosing nostr, and why.

Then ask yourselves what all the people building here have in common.

Then compare these groups earnestly. I dont just mean Bitcoiners vs Bluehairsky. I mean their experience, talent, and reputation.

I mean the most talented and resourceful people; people that innovate, and have deep expertise. Why aren't they leaving where they are to build here?

Examples: Bitcoin Core devs, shitcoin expert devs that really do want to fix things, talented cryptographers, deeply experienced systems/p2p people, experienced entrepreneurs, reputable VCs and funders.

The closest I see here are people that got Bitcoin-rich and are now learning how to be angels by naively funding their friends and dead-end startup projects that arent much better than weekend hackathon submissions. A sandbox for playing.

Everything worth anything here is a subdivision of Bitcoin culture itself and Bitcoin privilege. Bitcoin is the only provider of talent and resources to Nostr. That worked great to bootstrap from nothing, but now what?

Deal with this, and figure out how to be relevant to other people, or Nostr will continue to be nothing more than a perpetual hackathon sandbox subsidized by a Bitcoiner ego-cult.
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Juraj · 33w
Or just build like the rest of us. Proof of work. Things are hard and people are building the hard things. No need to rationalize.
Tauri · 33w
Bitcoin Core devs? Really? This is your example?
POW💥 · 33w
Why aren’t you building on it?
D-113CR · 33w
haters gon hate ALL HAIL JB55
zaff · 32w
Hi John, I actually missed your posts since I left twitter. Glad that you are here
bjorn · 32w
This is the onboarding screen for your app https://image.nostr.build/18190556aa35382b8571756167c7d5b7fe54fcf8610a398d3d7ccf23b45ae497.jpg
bitbuybyte · 32w
Maybe “NOSTR sucks” because you have everyone muted.
Cody · 32w
Probably right about this
Cody · 32w
I think you're right about Nostr as a social media platform, but if nothing else, Nostr has made my remote node way more usable because of NWC. That is a win
VINNY · 32w
Stop being a faggot
Jake Woodhouse · 32w
People look to justify their own actions all the time “People like me” says it all You’re free to build wherever you want John, that’s absolutely true Go for it I hope you’re not missing ways to potentially incorporate Nostr into your products as they are As for the potential of Nos...
pup · 32w
CSW levels of self-importance.
Wonteet Zebugs · 32w
I don't know anyone using pubky.
LeviJohnson.net · 32w
"Bitcoin privilege" 🤣 😂
LeviJohnson.net · 32w
This note is an exercise in performative contradiction.