Nostr Web Client

It is not being pushed or forced, it is just a feature that can be used on nostr which is available because of bitcoin’s programmable nature. It’s not possible to implement frictionless global payments on a communication protocol with fiat currencies (which WERE forced on you btw), but bitcoin makes it possible. The reason you see everyone talking about bitcoin is because nostr was built by bitcoiners and adopted first by them, so I get that if you don’t like all the bitcoin talk it can be annoying but nostr is expanding to more and more communities and the topics will diversify.

Lex 2y ago

That's interesting to know that nostr was built by bitcoiners, and that explains the prevalence of it. It makes me hopeful that as nostr grows, it would bring in more diversity and hopefully not just attract more of the same.

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やトナ 2y ago

Yeah #[6] was the original creator of nostr and was building on bitcoin & lightning network beforehand, same with #[7] and many other devs you see building nostr. Here’s a short article that kind of explains it https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/02/21/bitcoiners-flocking-to-nostr-social-network-jack-dorsey-edward-snowden/amp/

And as fiatjaf says in the article, the bitcoin integration is more of an add on feature than an integral part of the protocol.

I joined in December and can tell you that the conversation topics are becoming more diverse week by week as more and more people join

Lex 2y ago

Thanks- just finished reading the article. That's good to know.

I'm still getting oriented with everything, so the more time I spend on here the more I'll get a sense of things.