Reading in the semi-straight-world news about Jack funding, and reflecting against politics and layout of the thought leaders on nostr makes more and more sense. The nostr ecosystem, like many systems with base rules, evolves like John Conway's Life. NIP-01, as beautiful as it is in a KISS way, and as glorious as the extension iteration entities combine and glide across the canvas, will always guide and constrain. There are always trade-offs. There are reasons for multi-tier identity and federation architectures. Pesky math around compute, storage, energy, water, minerals and network costs, as well as the itys (maintainability, scalability, security, etc.) will all rise up in the end.

But, new things, before the weight of time and scale, are fun to do, and build real relationships with real people. Plus, when the reality hits, the experience makes it possible to do a new version that accounts for architecture, design, and requirements. The exercise contributes to resilience.