Nostr Web Client

I feel the same. I think we've all finally realized Nostr sucks and no one is coming, really.

We built all this giant piece of something that turns out no one really understands or cares, not even most Nostr developers.

Rob Woodgate 9mo ago 💬 1

I think we've hit what Seth Godin calls "The Dip"

Nostr may never be a replacement for Twitter/X, but it is amazing, and opens up a whole world of possibilities.

I see it as the social / identity / marketplace layer for Bitcoin... and a decentralised communications layer for other apps.

The work on Cashu is a testament to this... Nutzaps, P2PK locking of tokens to npubs show how Nostr can enable decentralized payments.

I can send you sats locked to your identity without you even having a lightning address in your Nostr profile.

We are barely scratching the surface of what Nostr's use cases.

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Stephenph 2w ago 💬 1

The concept of nsec/npub itself is liberating, sure other id schemes have existed (pgp, ssh keys, user/password) but they all fail in various ways (too technical, not portable, not fully developed idea, rely on memory).

I GET nsec/npub in a way that I never really understood ssh keys or pgp for some reason even though they are very similar there are also other protocols that are similar but you never hear of them....

Stephenph 2w ago

I can also see govts picking up the idea, as much as it is a terrifying thought, but a real world id tied to nsec/npub like id that is tied to your drivers license, building permits, etc could help with the govt burocracy while keeping that data more private.