Nostr Web Client

I agree. It's amazing what's been accomplished so far without some tech giant backing it or massive vc funding. Seems like fiatjaf had to vent some frustration. Hope he's ok.

Globe99 9mo ago

There's a funny phase of open-source tech development when the super-early adopters go "it's OVER!" loooong before the thing has realized its full potential.

Go back to Bitcointalk forums ~2011-2013, a sizable fraction of those posts were "OK guys, time to pack it up, it's over now."

The reasons are myriad... Could be the developer community makes some minor decision about technical development, which in the eyes of these Tech-wonky early adopters, is "the end of the world." Or the ecosystem just isn't developing as fast as they think it "should" be.

But what carries a project forward is the continued influx of new users who can see the potential for it, and can express enthusiasm about it... Otherwise it's just a bunch of crusty developers who get jaded.

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jgbtc 9mo ago

I think Satoshi set a good example for one way to alleviate the problem. Not saying fiatjaf should retire from nostr now, but at some point it may become the right move.

Globe99 9mo ago

Yeah I've only been here a few weeks, but I use nostr: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 's signer extension, so no please don't resign! 😳

But yeah, there appears to be a healthy developer ecosystem beyond just him, and many exciting projects being built on top of Nostr so that I think this has real potential.

Rome wasn't built in a day... As a user it's easy to sit back and wait for developments to take place... But I can imagine the actual builders, after days of backbreaking work in the sun, might ask themselves... "Geez is this worth it?"