The infrastructure is still lacking in MANY respect, rushing to onboard people who aren't ready for it will leave them struggling through a subpar experience and more likely than not give up on Nostr. Good luck getting them to come back after this.
Nostr is just like Bitcoin, people are going to flock to it in cycle but it's probably for the best that we don't have a "breakout moment" right now.
Nostr will never be complete, nor will it be ready until the needs and problems present themselves. Over the last 20 months I have not witnessed major issues being tackled until they're front and center. The motivation to not fail is strong. The motivation to not solve issues that aren't apparent are often put on the back burners too. I feel we need a catalyst.
What’s cool about nostr is that I stood up my own infrastructure for dev and testing. I don’t require anyone’s permission for what I am doing. My take is someone will come up with something really cool without asking for someone’s permission.
Absolutely this.
The UX problems with Nostr clients are front and center and very apparent in contrast with centralized solutions.
We know that the current state of key management is unsustainable for larger audiences. There seems to be promising progress in that regard.
I do agree that waves of adoption stimulate innovation but "recruiting" people to Nostr feels like "recruiting" people to Bitcoin. It's a pretty perilous endeavour.
I absolutely agree here and was just speaking to someone about this earlier in the week. The solution for now is to recommend Primal and Damus. They are simple, easy to use, and just work. They are the most stable. The issue with just doing that is that these two clients don't fully showcase the power of Nostr. They're mostly just kind 1 Twitter alternatives.
and primal is not a nostr client
people have been recruiting others to bitcoin at great cost and for a long time, even michael saylor, while you did nothing and just enjoyed the growth of your network effect while shitting on the same people who were putting in the work
congratulations
I was in the dragonsden fighting in the trenches at Bitcoin's most critical moment? Where were you?
I have done my fair share of Bitcoin "recruiting". Most of the time it's a total waste of time.
People will come to Bitcoin as they need it. Same for Nostr
you mean you were writing messages on the internet? such a hero
