Damus
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John Carvalho
@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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Dr. The Daniel 🖖 · 61w
Ace job picking a name that was already in use by another brand but spelling it wrong to guarantee perpetual confusion.
FiddleHodlHomestead · 61w
When I was orange-pilling a friend, she said something like "they should make it easier to buy bitcoin." With Nostr as with Bitcoin there is no they; there's only us. If you think Nostr has potential, YOU figure out how to make it relevant to other people. In the meantime, we're all doing that in...
Leo Wandersleb · 61w
Projection? Maybe you're the ego-cult? How many of us shitty devs have you tried to recruit into your invite only Rube Goldberg machine building ... "enterprise" without delivering a thing you dare to show publicly? You've been recruiting since at least two years. I take this message of you as you...
BitTasker · 61w
BitTasker is not a company — it's a mission to decentralize income and make Bitcoin useful in everyday life. Built on Nostr #earnbtc #p2p #grownostr #decentralized https://bittasker.com/
Marc · 61w
Nostr was started by lightning developers. Many of those devs are the most talented coders I know. Lightning is still small, but mighty. So is nostr.
Dawn · 61w
I've been following this on & off all day and I still fail to see what this guy is trying to accomplish here besides possibly poaching some developers or users? It comes across as very unprofessional. All the points he's brought up have been discussed openly, with multiple ideas and proposals floa...
bjorn · 61w
This is the onboarding screen for your app https://image.nostr.build/18190556aa35382b8571756167c7d5b7fe54fcf8610a398d3d7ccf23b45ae497.jpg
JeffG · 61w
Such a boring and tired take from someone who doesn't build and doesn't ship products that people use.
Totally Human Writer · 61w
This is the nostr version of getting ratiod. 54 replies with only 2 zaps (and 1 of the zaps is an ad 🤣)
Beefy · 61w
I think you're butthurt the DID idea didnt pan out and nostr is winning.
MatCo · 61w
People like you? Who do you think you are mate? Little advice: you’re not as relevant as you think you are. Might wanna check your ego at the door.
VampireMJ · 61w
Bitcoin is succeeding because centralized FIAT failed. Nostr will succeed when centralized social medias fail. It just needs to be ready when the time comes. To answer your question. You have a very centralized way to think. I don't believe that a good idea is automatically adopted by everyone.
bitbuybyte · 61w
Maybe “NOSTR sucks” because you have everyone muted.
Cody · 61w
Probably right about this
Cody · 61w
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 · 61w
Stop being a faggot
Jake Woodhouse · 61w
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 · 61w
CSW levels of self-importance.
Wonteet Zebugs · 61w
I don't know anyone using pubky.
LeviJohnson.net · 60w
"Bitcoin privilege" 🤣 😂
LeviJohnson.net · 60w
This note is an exercise in performative contradiction.
Vendetter · 15w
Nostr won't succeed if it remains just a Bitcoin echo chamber, which quite frankly it is, and, whether or not those stuck on Social Media Web 2.0 would ever be compelled to be here participating if it all it sees are Crypto Bros patting each other on the back!