Nostr being open source means it will grow organically and at its own pace. I think this is good. VCs arent usually interested in this as there is no obvious ROI or exit strategy. They are interested in strike missions with high ROI. Scams and shitcoinery lend themselves to that as people are easily marketed too based on emotion and being broke. Game Stop is a good example of this. People say I cant buy a house, afford to live but maybe if I gamble I'll win and if I dont then I was gonna go broke anyway.
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It's interesting.. how even crowd funding projects rug all the time, and still, people pay for them years in advance.. in the hopes something gets produced. Usually for a hardware project I suppose. I bet a nostr hardware project would do well, whereas software just isn't as exciting or seen as having value in this day and age.
I just think it's interesting the dynamics of what people are willing to spend their money on.