Is there a Nostr gathering tonight?

fwiw it was really easy to get a free ticket with the open source application.

We got you bro!

Nostr to the moon 🚀🌕

You are correct and generally anyone that disagrees with the basics that we need a good user experience and user interface that functions with all of the basics of social media is 100% wrong.

It is a marathon not a sprint and we’re only a mile or so into the race.

Don’t discount the need for big names.

Those big names bring along the average user - then convert a percentage of those average users into creators that draw in more average users.

I don’t think Nostr is ready for prime time at the moment because there needs to be a client that functions with all the basics prior to those users being onboarded.

When you have a new protocol like this - one that introduces new paradigms - the basic functions can’t also be complex.

It creates a barrier to entry that is too high for the majority of users.

We’re building something at Letr.co to solve these issues.

From my perspective we need to lean on existing open source projects that already operate with mainstream users and integrate Nostr.

Thanks

Amethyst is only on Android and has no web client.

I could run an emulator but that’s way too much for any main stream user.

Primal is great and I’m a big fan of Miljan but - from my perspective it’s a wallet not a client for social interaction.

At least that’s what it does really well.

Also - I’ve personally had issue getting content to show up in the app or load another Nostr identity.

This is likely a problem with relays not the app but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t been more painful than the average user should experience in order to communicate with other people.

I agree and disagree.

The biggest impediment to Nostr at the moment is the poor quality of clients.

I’ve used most of them to this point and to be very nice - they are in their nascent phase and many are unusable.

Nostr’s method of identity transfer doesn’t interoperate between Web2 and Web3 protocols well.

I’m less worried about this issue because @Alex Gleason is working on it and he has a clear understanding of the task at hand.

I don’t think the next killer feature is a predicate for Nostr’s success.

I think it’s a function of interoperability and leveraging existing protocols to transition users in the simplest possible way to the new paradigm that is Nostr.

This is why we’re creating Letr.co

SMTP has provided the most ubiquitous and seamless method of communication since the inception of the internet.

Not only did it initiate many methods of identity management but it also provided a protocol that was for the most part immune to censorship.

Email (SMTP) allowed you to own your audience and move that audience to the best tool that fit your means of distribution.

Most if not all of the preceding comments seem to be core tenets of Nostr.

Own your following, own your content, own value transfer, and distribute information freely.

Last but not least - zaps have a major future.

For that future to exist bitcoin can’t be an investment tool - it must be a means to transfer value (and not to just buy a Lambo).

It needs to be transactional. This is where zaps has a potential leg up.

A sat needs to reflect the value of a penny, dime, quarter, or even a dollar.

Not a moving target that represents fractions of a fairly volatile (no shade bitcoin bros) investment vehicle.

Saying all that - over the next few months our goal with Letr is to attract millions of new users to Nostr by giving them a familiar home.

A place where there isn’t a complex language to interpret in order to use the tool - where we can focus onboarding around the quality of a community and content rather than technology.

I hope I haven’t offended too many with this Nostr rant and I appreciate that I’m a noob but I’m here to help.

⚡️❤️ Billy Boozer

Oh we’re building regardless

But distribution and conversations about Nostr matter

There’s no such thing as “if you build it they will come”

And

If they don’t come - building it won’t matter.