2 years? It only took a few months at most, and the specification was likely outlined within an hour.

The only thing that has taken 2 years is convincing devs that the absurd gift wrap standard (independent of NIP-44) is a good idea, which continues to be proof that Nostr devs truly have no idea what they are doing.

By trying to get a solution to obscure complaints fast the only thing we have done is left much more realistic problems like encryption intent unsolved.

Nostr’s image was not significantly impacted by NIP-04 except research papers that like to dunk on unrealistic scenarios, and NIP-44 *adoption* (due to it mostly being a low practical benefit change) is still nowhere near completion, partly because the only scheme using it also happens to be shit.