Putting this out there...

Back in the early days of the internet, it was the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) that enabled the internet to globally scale. In brief, (show below), a node connects to a network, which connects to a gateway which made everything look like a singular network, namely the internet.

I attempted to find the same pattern to #nostr - and what I came up with is also shown below.

It's a similar pattern to BGC - three things: a "keypair"(npub/nsec) which uses an "app", which, in turn, connects to a "relay".

This pattern is parallel to BGC, the keypair uses an app which connects to a relay (or relays) that makes everything the #nostr network look singular. This is what makes the #nostr protocol compelling.

So, in addition to a "global communication network" (i.e., the internet), we now have a "global socioeconomic network" (the #nostr network).

For me, it makes it clear that the end game is not a "killer app" but rather building many apps that can leverage the #nostr network as a singular whole.

Comments welcome!