Weird to me that some Bitcoiners still don't get Nostr
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It’s fair to be skeptical of Nostr’s benefits/use case. It’s cool that you have one private key to send messages from, but there’s no killer use case for it yet like there is for Bitcoin as resistance money.
Nostr is resistance communication. That’s the killer use case.
That’s just a narrative right now, and one I (and probably others you are referring to in the OP) are skeptical of. Right now, it’s just a replica of basic social media functionality (with cool additions like zaps) that lets me go from one platform to another without having to create a new account each time.
I think that’s completely missing the point. What you’re saying is similar to when ppl say bitcoin has no use case and it’s “just a narrative”. There are all sorts of problems w traditional social media that nostr is solving. It’s open source, it’s decentralized, bitcoin is integrated (zaps are a total game changer), it’s censorship resistant, no mind controlling algorithms, no ads…. New shit is being built on it every day. I find it very exciting.
If you’re going to make that analogy, then compare it to 2012 Bitcoin. Bitcoin’s use case and success has been proven out over the years, nostr’s has not. I agree it’s exciting and cool tech, but it’s not “resistance communication” until people successfully use it as such. It’s not really much right now… especially without people using it.
It’s definitely more pleasant right now to interact with other people here compared to traditional social media, no doubt
It’s like saying why use Bitcoin when you can use Venmo.