Web had to be built to make nostr possible so that we could rebuild the web on top of it.
You know an architecture is right when it begins to use higher order components of itself. Case in point: my website in my profile is now: https://tim-bouma.npub.pro/ which is composed of my #nostr events.
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Right on! Internet had to be built on phone lines so phone lines could be built on the internet.
Exactly
Let's not get carried away. Nostr is built on top of http, so is part of the web. That's the reason it's successful because the web can get through firewalls, and P2P cant. Nostr cant replace the web since the web is a superset of nostr. Nostr has some *design patterns* that can be used to benefit the web, and also provide a bridge to the all important bitcoin payments network. Everything in it's right place. The web for massive scaling, bandwidth and storage. Nostr relays for realtime updates. An identity and signature system that spans both.
legacy web is the scaffolding to cast nostr as the foundation .. now we build ..on a right foundation