Farcaster founder is now going after nostr:nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qy08wumn8ghj7mn0wd68yttsw43zuam9d3kx7unyv4ezumn9wshsz8thwden5te0dehhxarj9e3xjarrda5kuetj9eek7cmfv9kz7qghwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhxummnw3ezucnpdejz7qghwaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8qunfd4skctnwv46z7qgewaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8xmn0wf6zuum0vd5kzmp0qyfhwumn8ghj7mmxve3ksctfdch8qatz9uq3samnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwvd6hyun9de6zuenedyhszxnhwden5te0vdskx6r9xvh8qunfd4skctnwv46z7a33qqs9xtvrphl7p8qnua0gk9zusft33lqjkqqr7cwkr6g8wusu0lle8jcl7a98v and Nostr. Take it as a complement. He's scared 💀.
Discussion
He's right in his criticism. You can claim that "oh it's just one client in an open protocol" and that would be a valid counter if that client didn't happen to be the most popular one by a huge margin.
It's a valid criticism of Primal though, not necessarily Nostr.
The protocol remains open and I can still zap anyone on any client from any client without kyc.
Primal is representative of the majority of nostr users, hence why the generalization has legs.
We shouldn't shy away or dimiss criticism because it comes from haters. We should remain skeptic, humble and truthful.
Fair enough. I agree with both points.
It would be nice if Primal gave its users the option to send zaps from a wallet they liked instead of forcing their wallet on users
It would be even better if users were just smarter about their choice of apps so that we don't have to care about what primal does and how that reflects on nostr as a whole.
Lol the fact they take the time to lay into nostr, has to mean we're on to something here right?
hmm.. well, I found it kinda tedious and confusing but eventually managed to get a hosted LN working with Primal.
TBD how long it lasts this way though. without a permanent power and Internet situation, self-custodial LN isn't easy
It did take me a few weeks to decide to put in my data. Thanks to the walled garden of apple I couldn’t zap anything so I caved.
zaps are stupid anyway
I'll get the gamers with nostr:npub17jl3ldd6305rnacvwvchx03snauqsg4nz8mruq0emj9thdpglr2sst825x
Someone get the weebs.