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i remember this kind of thing from the early days of bitcoin, people have real difficulty coping with a system where there's no company and organization in charge, or directly profiting from use

at some level many people just *can't* understand it, which means Bitcoin Core was a convenient target for all nasty complaints

one of the most persistent, hard issues was fighting scope creep in Bitcoin Core (and in the consensus code); yes, that you can do something with bitcoin doesn't mean it all has to be in that software, the onus of decentralization is to create an ecosystem, where everyone does their part, but no part is critical
(and a project with everything is unmaintainable anyhow; there's the tendency to push the burden on a few people, a kind of Omelas effect)

and the relentless nagging for me to be "more like a dictator" (remember Mike Hearn)... sigh, no that's not the kind of thing we're trying to do here: create a decentralized financial system, not a weird new government. the reason BSV appealed to quite a few people is that it had a central dictator, even if clearly a scam

eventually, things fell in their place, though even in bitcoin it's a continuing struggle... really want something to be done? great, take initiative yourself, help out one of the projects in some way or get people to help

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Kayhan Sepanta 🪽 · 77w
in an open society, expectations have no meaning.
/√\î¢h&|3 ∆ëglï Ü3ę®tį · 77w
As a non-techie guy, I consider this complex and muddled UX on Nostr the price to pay for being an early user in a thriving and truly decentralized OS communication environment. If so, I'm more than willing to trade comfort for freedom. 🙏🏻💜
7fqx · 77w
I consider the jankiness part and parcel of Nostr. Tinkerers and hobbyists, mad max shed coders etc. lol. It also unintentionally serves as some sort of signal of something similar to using Craigslist's forums 'streetsmarts needed here, proceed with caution'. IMO
satsie 🇹🇭 🇱🇹 · 77w
When I see complaints like the one fiatjaf’s note is referring to I love to say things like “I’ll to let the CEO of bitcoin know” or “I’ll file an issue with Nostr customer support” 😆