Def has a founding base. Like any other network did in the past. nostr:note1ru3vvj207s5eg0lvmhum26ucg8pjetjkfhsr8tymmu7z650x92us9qdtrp
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Sadly there aren't many people to sell NFTs to on nostr 🤷
Tragic, really. Hopefully nostr’s Total Scammable Market (TSM) grows rapidly.
Funny, I’ve never seen any of his screenshotted posts here 🤷♂️
I'll buy them 😀
makes sense lol. #bitcoin maxis aren’t about that life. try #lensprotocol and #farcaster to find those types. and of course there’s plenty of #NFT and #web3 enthusiasts on twitter
it just gets better and better lol
the founding base being bitcoin is beneficial rather than detrimental! If not for bitcoiners on nostr id still be in the dark ages
Hey how can I get the laser eye 👀👀
I love it
Me:
Honestly given how beta mode this place is I think it is okay that it is small. Let people discover it in six months when this thing can basically be the entire web 2.0 in one cryptographic login and web 2.0 has committed ai induced seppukku and fully imploded.
Bitcoiners will provide the steady base of use from which nostr can be developed upon -- kind of like ordinals and the fee market, except it's real.
stop giving this guy attention
ignore him jack
Had no idea he was even here. jack you shouldn’t have quoted him…
Not worth it. False premises, false conclusions, mixed with with grandstanding.
My main question is what is being done to onboard people into the app? I'm here, I'm new... not sure how to use it.... most other zoomers/millenials would have a far lower attention span and have moved on by now.... I'd like to find out more... not sure where to go for reliable info on it tho...
Tysm CrazyUnicorn!
The number of people here is not what the network optimizes for (in comparison to twitters, facebooks, etc). As far as I can tell the network optimizes for utility.
The more useful it is, the better.
The number of people is a second effect of that, but the number of people isn't that important.
i don’t believe the focus is necessarily to onboard folks. i’m of that demo and I’m here just cuz i like exploring new social mediums and i have an appreciation for emerging tech. but this protocol isn’t the type that’s gonna very actively invest in onboarding folks who don’t “get it” as that doesn’t necessarily contribute to the nature of the ecosystem
#nostrnewb and #asknostr have some info and nostr:npub1r0rs5q2gk0e3dk3nlc7gnu378ec6cnlenqp8a3cjhyzu6f8k5sgs4sq9ac is a good person to follow. always sharing stuff for new people. also good ol youtube tutorials were pretty helpful to me
i see nostr as a create your own adventure sort of deal and you bump into folks along the way that help you or can relate to you on your journey
have fun and peep #grownostr for the “normal” stuff
I agree on boarding needs work and the general user experience in most of the clients needs work.
But it's a space in rapid development and I think the next 5 years will look great for Nostr as a protocol.
Personally, I am here to find other BTC Maxis. I am not on board with the whole laser eyes thing, it's a tad cringe to me, same with wizards.
Not a bad thing
Ordinals will bring a lot of people back to Bitcoin
hi jack will you be attending this? we got a bitcoin og to join
i think it’s an important conversation to have. always good to learn from others’ points of view
https://twitter.com/taprootwizards/status/1676260287979171840 
Udi teams up with scammers like Bitboy and wonder why people don’t take him seriously or respect him
I feel sad that nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m even had to address this.
It will change over time
He's right that catering to the bitcoin maxis will crimp the network's growth. Normal people are not yet using btc, and if they feel they have to bitcoin to nostr, they just won't nostr.
in all fairness, “normal” people don’t need nostr. there’s still twitter. and eventually bluesky will open
udi i’m not (tho i’m clearly in the minority lol). i’m a music head before much else
i kinda like the niche nature of users here. but i’m confident nostr will diversify in time
Udi, you’ve been around long enough to see how these things go. Twitter was always viewed as the ‘weird’ platform by allowing pseudonyms to tweet with its strict character limit because Jack wanted to make sure mobile users can participate. Eventually politicians and ‘normal’ people hopped on board.
I’m far from a laser eyed maxi, but it’s not surprising that nostr attracted a certain crowd first. The great thing is that it will continue to spread out over time.
Don’t fall for the trap of viewing this like an old bulletin board. Those things still exist, but these platforms are open to all with no central topic.
This is true. What he says is also true. He’s pretty effective at prompting responses out of people. I mean he describes trolling in his troll. Yet you and many others still fed the troll.
Effective schtick.
Whatever it takes to make it more accessible to more people
Agreed.
Jack, been waiting to join bluesky. Open the door ser
Not up to me
Shoot me a dm if you want, I’ll send you an invite
My 2nd day “active” and …….it’s gonna make it…….
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Bringing people over to nostr who will be slinging sats around. Seems like a win on multiple fronts, although you make a valid point.
Every platform or protocol has to start somewhere. Nostr was founded by and is being developed by hardcore Bitcoiners. It's obvious that it's going to attract more like minded folks. Plus, there's the fact that Nostr's ethos melds well with Bitcoin's ethos. Nostr is a screaming beacon of decentralized freedom, making all Bitcoiners eventually migrate to the protocol. Every platform or protocol needs a base. Wether it's Bitcoin maximalists or boating enthusiasts. Eventually, other groups of people start seeing it's benefits and start to check it out.
I've told Udi before and I'll say it again, bring your community here. Build here. The vast majority of Nostriches welcome new users.
Well put
That’s why I’m exploring it. We’re pretty good at mobilizing our community. But we need to be sure of it first. I’ve also tried Bluesky, mastodon, and I’ll be trying Zuck’s new thing on Thursday too. We’ll see
I haven't spent nearly as much time on those platforms as I have here, but I'll say that the choice seems obvious. You can build whatever you want here. It's beautiful. You can't say that about anywhere else.
Make an Ordinals focused client. That seems like it would be a dream for the JPEG gang. Right?
the freedom to build isn't the only consideration.
another consideration: how many people can you reach?
our community wants to reach more bitcoiners, and potential bitcoiners. it seems to me you can currently reach WAY more bitcoiners on twitter, and also on instagram etc, than on nostr
so i'm just not sure this is immediately useful for us
Mastodon is cool because it's bridged to Nostr thanks to nostr:npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6. Millions of users there who value decentralized technology but are mostly uninitiated with the key management and signing involved in Bitcoin and Nostr.
Bye
any thoughts on threads yet? have u tried it?
Udi is more then welcome here, not that it matters what we way. Nobody could stop him from joining.
Have you tried contacting HR? 🤣
Should we call the NOSTR CEO?
In all seriousness, I’m happy he’s here. I don’t agree with a lot of the things he says but I enjoy having perspectives like his around.
Every kingdom needs a few jesters.
Were the founding bases of prior networks of such a specific ideological demographic though?
It is because Nostr has this group of people that it has a solid foundation and soil, and people here have great patience and confidence to grow with Nostr.
Spicy take, but founding base needs to be welcoming to those who think differently in order to grow. Not happening here imo
I'm definitely not that. I am just an old school internet person who has been hurt too many times by the thing I love and built a career on, and want to find something/someone to trust/believe in again... and try to figure out how to be a part of it all, but am just... jaded and tapped out these days.
I already have perfectly fine eyes the way they are, no lasers pls. Just a delivery on the promise we made to users, and to make it right.
How do we know you don't have lasers under the sunglasses?