If the 1.6M likes I got on X in the past month were 21 sat zaps, I would've made 33,600,000 sats (~$22,000) in March alone.

Again, that's only with 21 sat zaps. We've all seen how during times of rapid new user growth & excitement, the zap sizes and quantity grow along with the combined creative energy being invested into the protocol.

If we can get Nostr to just 1/10 the active users of X, this will become a serious money-maker for creators.

And to the people saying, "It shouldn't be about the money", stop. All people's—especially high-quality content creators'—energy is going to go where they are able to sustain themselves financially through sharing their craft. Nostr can THRIVE in this area since it's so seamless to send money V4V - we need to stop shying away from this being a huge benefit Nostr has that no centralized platform does.