Nostr Web Client

We need to make the new user experience on nostr better. Bluesky’s topped a million users but our growth with nostr hasn’t kept up. I’m very pumped on Nostr and think we’ve got a better model for building social apps, but there are problems.

Wallets and keys are hard to understand, browser extensions make sense if you’re coming from the crypto world, but most people don’t get them. We need a login with nostr that works like / with oauth. We need better contact discovery, content warnings, apps to have by default anti-spam filters, etc… Unsexy stuff where we go from it works for me to it works for non-technical users.

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Athoi 2y ago

I'm not technical. Wallet and keys I never had much problem understanding. But boy oh boy the browser extension thing! I was trying out #Habla and I learned that it is advised that we get into it through a browser extension. So I tried learning how to set it up. And let me tell ya'll I was literally groping like someone blind the whole time. I just kept in mind to save all the sensitive infos in my password manager and proceeded using common sense and intuition! I am happy that I got it done somehow. So happy. But it left me feeling like someone hard-fucked the two existing brain cells that I carry. 🤣

I feel passionate for the protocol #Nostr offers so I think that passion gets me through a lot of the stuff that I'm not very experienced or technical in. It's a learning curve. And I'm loving it to the bone! 🫂🤍

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τέχνη 2y ago

Agreed. I also refuse to use Alby because they require an email. That is horrendous for a supposedly open ecosystem.

singlebeam 2y ago

May I ask what do you use instead of Alby?

τέχνη 2y ago

I use Nostore on iOS for browser apps. If it is desktop browser, i just don’t use it

Athoi 2y ago

But is there any wallet service that doesn’t require email? And what if you use an encrypted, secure email? Or email alias?

τέχνη 2y ago

What is a “wallet service” exactly? I would question that premise.

Yeah I could make a throwaway email, but I won’t because it’s very annoying to do so and I don’t think what I am getting in return is worth it.

Athoi 2y ago

I'm still learning so I'm definitely noting your input. Thank you. 🤍

Newton 2y ago

Yes, I feel highly uneasy with the email part.

max 2y ago

Email is also a protocol though and everyone should have it, even more people than facebook has

τέχνη 2y ago

Recommending an extension that uses your normal email is akin to saying Nostr requires KYC

franzap 2y ago

#Nostr needs a Fedimint equivalent... the "2nd party" key custodian model to make it way easier to onboard

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