Exactly. Social media is only as valuable as the content flowing through it. If it’s saturated with original thought (smart people making smart points) the “dopamine hit” isn’t just a notification, it’s the acquisition of valuable information. The poster gets rewarded with zaps, likes, and reposts; the reader gets rewarded with insight; and the bystander gets rewarded by having something worth engaging with.

Critical mass happens when credible voices (whether MSM-promoted or established elsewhere) decide to only show up here. That exclusivity draws in their peers, and eventually the “normies” orbit around them. It’s the Trump-on-Twitter effect, but without a central choke point.

Nostr has already crossed a credibility threshold: Jack Dorsey, Ken Berry, Lyn Alden, and others continue posting here not out of novelty but because the community is intelligent, principled, and aligned on Bitcoin. That foundation ensures higher-than-average discourse and resilience. From there, growth becomes inevitable. Bitchat is a preview; Nostr will outgrow the Bitcoin circle simply on the merits of being uncensorable, open, and frictionless to adopt.