Not really.

Many devs work for little or no reward on things they believe in, and here they might get a few sats from goodwill support or splits, hence 'working for beans'.

In his case, the incentives don't seem as clear, since he spend a couple of years doing big projects with WHO on COVID Passes and 'that kind' of Digital Identity. He's not a humble dev, he's already successful in business terms but the pedigree isn't cypherpunk. What is this sudden enthusiasm for pushing an idea, that can end up being the backdoor to gagging the social experience on Nostr, (something that would surely be a desirable outcome for the kind of networks that overlap with WHO/UN/G20), and pushing it so quickly from concept to implementation that it forces the hand of other developers to follow suit, while crying "hey, YOLO, embrace the chaos and see where this goes". Vitor himself cheekily announced that he was "opening the gates of hell", which is obviously just a turn of phrase, but doesn't conjure up a feeling of responsibilty and care for long term freedom and resillience.

So that's why I couldn't share the enthusiasm in your poetic note, even though I can respect the talent and desire to inspire others during this period of tension.

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