a huge reality check for me is searching nostr and/or lightning network on reddit.

tiny subreddits and mostly skeptical posts that Lightning doesn’t work and nostr is full of criminals.

these are such obscure technologies that i have decided my life to for the past 7 years and the majority of people have no idea exists.

I keep going because it’s obviously the right *technical* solution, and i can’t imagine working on whats popular vs what is right.