I've been noticing the restlessness & thinking about it a lot lately, too. What worked before won't work on Nostr because it's actually different. I need to make some time to write out my full thoughts. I don't know of it will help, but I've wasted my time in worse ways, I'm sure. Lol
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There is no monetary interest, only utility. Everything is different :)
There is monetary interest, it's just scattered all over like the relays & clients. It's probably going to be found in a bunch of little things rather than one big thing.
Wavlake is great for small artists.
I just make mashups from screen recordings and a beat looper.
I've been paid the equivalent of 5usd in sats over the past week for my work.
I'm not a serious artist I have no following, just a nobody.
There's definitely monetary value to be gained from nostr by real artists
Wavlake is a dark pattern, lnbeats is better