To create the iPhone, Apple took existing technologies like touch displays and improved on the user experience with multi-touch gestures. This effectively forced all keyboard based phones to change their approach or go extinct.

Steve Jobs quoted Wayne Gretzky in the iPhone reveal - “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been”

Where is the puck going for social?

Is it the same old firehose of information that aims to maximize time on screen and ad revenue?

Is it control by a corporation that bends knee to the current administration and decides who and when they can deplatform someone for arbitrary reasons?

Is it more of the same walled garden, do anything possible to keep you on our platform?

Me thinks not. Nostr and some variation / improvement we have yet to discover is where the puck is going. We’re kind of already there. We have portable identities, a decentralized network, flexible development, no censorship, personalized feeds / algorithms, value based metrics and less emphasis on vanity metrics.

What also made the iPhone powerful is the fusion of hardware and software created specifically for that hardware. The App Store set a new path that didn’t involve pre-installed software. Nostr doesn’t have dedicated hardware yet, but it may get somewhat of a dedicated “os” with nostrdb. What new UX might that unlock? I’m excited to see.

Where else might the puck end up? VR? AR? Dedicated hardware? A totally new UX and UI? We already have interesting designs in the process for zapping people. What might new value-driven interactions look like? I’m certain we have the beginnings of something amazing, and that no other tech comes close. We have a massive first mover advantage now and I’m excited to see how things unfold.