Subnostr

IMO nostr needs

A) more clients set up like signal in terms of structure and nonprofit status - not reliant on profit seeking which is hard on nostr anyway, but focused on donations and privacy/freedom (honestly nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955 seems perfect for this set up)

B) wayyyyyy more funding - at client level to grow and through nostr funds

We shouldn’t be ok with nostr at several thousand daily users. It should be millions and we’re pushing on year 3 of many of us being here.

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The Daniel 🖖 11mo ago

Most people still don’t understand why Nostr is important, if they’ve even heard of it at all.

Where do you see more funding coming from, if seeking a profit is not the goal?

Trey Walsh 11mo ago

It’s tough, I’m not extremely well versed in signal but they emphasized freedom and their need to exist and set up a foundation and generate a lot of revenue from grants and donations while not compromising on privacy and freedom tech.

I see many nostr clients similarly - freedom apps, that could be run as a foundation like signal (not that nostr needs a foundation, but client specific)

The Daniel 🖖 11mo ago

There are many clients either not offering enough features that make them unique, or not available cross-platform, and they are all pretty much early-stage works in progress. I’m also not entirely sure where this funding is supposed to come from.

Trey Walsh 11mo ago

Without advertising, and for many clients use-cases, I’m not sure why we don’t see more signal-like org setups for clients.

Or a pay-to-play model but I still don’t think that covers operating expenses at scale (only premium features for subscribers maybe, but not baseline costs)

High Heel King 11mo ago

Funding for bitcoin-focused development is still lacking, especially compared to shitcoin dev funding. STILL. Nostr is gonna take time too.