As you say, "It still has to get started". Which is not a great position after 4 years. And most of the devs have left now.
But no one is prohibiting you from just starting to pick a kind number and go.
I see much potential in nostr:nprofile1qqs06gywary09qmcp2249ztwfq3ue8wxhl2yyp3c39thzp55plvj0sgprfmhxue69uhhg6r9vehhyetnwshxummnw3erztnrdakszxmhwden5te0w35x2cmfw3skgetv9ehx7um5wgcjucm0d5q3camnwvaz7tmgda68y6t8dp6xummh9ehx7um5wgcjucm0d5ahp0n0 approach of the nud ways of developing
https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/issues/1470
But it still has to get started
Discussion
you are so bitter about Nostr, complaining about its problems everyday. do you think Nostr can change to become what you think it should? are you trying to make that change happen?
a good starter could be to write down your ideal spec for what Nostr should be, complete with transport, protocol messages and schemas, give it a different name and let people read and compare with the current Nostr
I would be interested in reading it
I am writing something based on the #SAND stack = Solid, ActivityPub, Nostr, Ditto. Called #sandymount.
It will be machines and humans working together. So machines will likely read it first. Humans will guide the machines. I beleive the future is synthetic.
Nostr is a web protocol, that is one of 1000+ web protocols. It has to find its place with the others. Either it grows organically, or it becomes a piece in a bigger puzzle. In order to do the most good for the most people, you have to constantly be evaluating the entire landscape.
I was the 2nd daily user on nostr, and we grew it to 100, then to 10,000 users. I would say that is pretty good. I did quite a lot of the legwork to make that happen working 24/7 without pay to get nostr where it is. I will be a nostr user long after most here are gone. I would like to see permissionless development on nostr. I would like to see an improved devX. I would like to see an open web that I am happy to use myself, and that I can recommend to my friends. I have been fighting for that for decades, and I am not going to stop now.