The fact it's a protocol is what sets it apart. It'll rise above and beyond a Twitter clone.

The speed of what people can build on Nostr is big tech on steroids. Zaps, nests, shops, discovery, blogs were all added in the last few months. And every new thing only reinforces what was built before that.

Similar to Lightning, every new addition to the network helps all others on the network. Every new implementation possibility on Nostr helps all the others before it.