I do give money to devs and relay operators. My past notes make it clear that I think Nostr will need to be commercialized at some point soon. Nostr isn't just a single thing. Early internet users didn't need to pay a specific amount of money annually for it to survive and thrive. The market and commercialization handled that.
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That's fair enough. What are your thoughts on how it ought to be commercialised and soon? Any dark-horse business models you've come across?
It's only been around about three years. But I think the network and clients will need to attract people with large communities outside of Bitcoin and Nostr for one. Something many current users prefer to have their heads in the sand about (because they're all mostly Bitcoin and Nostr community members). Security and on boarding still need improvement. People can commercialize it however they wish using any business model (assuming they follow the source licensing requirements for whatever they're using). It doesn't matter what I or anyone else thinks. That's the whole point. But products built around Nostr will probably be a good angle. People don't necessarily need to know what Nostr is. Most won't care.