Welcome! Here's a good starting place to get caught up 👇
WELCOME, NOSTR NEWCOMERS!
Here are a few "Nostr 101" resources that will bring you up to speed on WHY this protocol is primed to take over the social media world, as well as all the basics you'll need to thrive here 🧠👇
Building Nostr w/ nostr:nprofile1qqsr9cvzwc652r4m83d86ykplrnm9dg5gwdvzzn8ameanlvut35wy3gpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3qamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kuegpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqcu9929 👇
The Ultimate Social Media History Lesson and Why Nostr Changes The Game w/ nostr:nprofile1qqs8d3c64cayj8canmky0jap0c3fekjpzwsthdhx4cthd4my8c5u47spz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qz9rhwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjmcpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wvh8xmmrd9skchd02dz 👇
Collection of every other relevant educational resource your little nostrich noodle can handle 👇
https://www.benwehrman.com/nostr-guide/
Enjoy the rabbit hole, and don't forget to share these links with your friends! 🐇🕳⚡️ #introductions
Discussion
What’s the difference between the Orange Pill app and Nostr? Couldn’t it be a social media app as well? I prefer their lifetime membership to Nostrs subscription model.
Nostr = finding bitcoiners online
Orange Pill App = finding bitcoiners offline (local)
That's a narrow description of Nostr. Practically, it ends up being the case since it is mostly Bitcoiners currently using Nostr, but Nostr is just a communication protocol that can be used for anything, including finding local Bitcoiners to meetup with in real life, if someone wanted to build that on top of Nostr.
Is the Damus app itself considered Nostr? Or does it have to do with a specific wallet? I tried inputting my cashapp lightning address in here and it didn’t work.
I’m watching the YouTube vid someone provided on it but they’re pretty long winded. If it’s THIS app though it’s very cool so far
Welcome to Nostr!
Damus is just one app that is built on top of the Nostr protocol. There are all sorts of other apps that are also built on top of Nostr, and because they all "speak Nostr," they are interoperable. Sounds like you are on iOS, so you could also check out Nostur or YakiHonne, which are both apps like Damus that you can log into with your same Nostr credentials (keys) and all of your notes and follows will just show up in those apps, too.
Now... You mentioned something about your Cashapp Lightning address not working. I don't see your Lightning address in your profile, so where were you putting it in?
Your Lightning address is for RECEIVING zaps, and you have to go to your profile and add it there. Damus should have a field in your profile specifically for your Lightning address.
If you want to SEND zaps, you will need what is called a Nostr Wallet Connect connection string. I actually just finished up an article talking about how this works that you can go read at www.nostr-reviews.com
Cashapp likely does not yet support Nostr Wallet Connect. You will need to get a Lightning wallet that does. My recommendation would be nostr:npub1h2qfjpnxau9k7ja9qkf50043xfpfy8j5v60xsqryef64y44puwnq28w8ch.
In addition to this, because Apple is dumb, you will need to activate the ability to zap other users' posts by going to https://zap.army.
Nostr doesn't have a subscription model. A particular client might, or a paid relay might, but that's a single entity providing a service ON Nostr, not Nostr itself.