No, because I never lost faith. I saw that other people had developed all the pieces but nobody seemed to be putting it together in a coherent way. Those that came closest bluesky, comm, etc. all seemed to make the mistake of making themselves essential to the protocol. Either being the handshake server or doling out IDs. Nostr is the first that is self-aware enough to know that you can't retain any control. For that I give it a good chance of becoming what we need even though it still has many flaws.