Nostr Web Client

When I joined nostr, my first thought as to why this protocol would win was — network effects due to interoperability of apps and intermingling of content. This was pre-zaps and I certainly didn’t care about censorship resistance one bit.

Sadly, we don’t have great cross-app experiences yet. We have some and they are cool, but nothing killer. Nothing feels quite polished enough just yet.

I still believe this is nostr’s best selling point. But we don’t have a good experience to sell yet.

Zaps are awesome but too niche. Maybe in the long run people will realize how awesome they are. Censorship resistance- meh, no one cares.

Id love to see more of the interoperability ideas and some collaboration for polished experiences.

Hans Karlsborn 1y ago

I really don’t understand why the zapping is regarded to be such as fantastic thing. I don’t care. And I’m 100% i bitcoin. Just don’t get it.

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HoloKat 1y ago

Probably because a lot of people want to see value for value to succeed.

Sikto 1y ago

I think people are hoping that by funding content creators through zaps, we can avoid the advertising model and the inherent pitfalls of such a model.

HoloKat 1y ago

That model exists because it works. It puts the burden of costs on the seller who can stomach larger investments when they consider the full customer lifetime value.

I don’t like the incentives it produces, but there’s no denying it’s economically feasible and desired.

Sikto 1y ago

I didn’t imply that it doesn’t work, just that there are idealists who believe a zapping V4V could replace it. I haven’t seen any evidence that it can, but I hold out hope that it might.

hugs 🫂 1y ago

I think zaps are cool because they're a real world example that the Lightning Network actually works and can be used for everyday things.