I wish I had your optimism. But looking at any trending or top-zapped feed contradicts this view. People open their wallets based on likeability, popularity, their mood, or how much they agree with someone’s take. To be fair, this is not a critique of Nostr. FOSS development is a bit like theatre: very few people will ever make money from it.

As a species, we’re not that great at the whole V4V thing. As much as I’d love to be proven wrong, I think that humanity is not there yet.