I agree with nostr:npub1melv683fw6n2mvhl5h6dhqd8mqfv3wmxnz4qph83ua4dk4006ezsrt5c24 below. Nostr lacks the legitimacy to be considered a community and open project when the governance is so opaque.
It's an experimental hobby, very much like ham radio, which is all fine, but for the protocol to grow it will need to form it's equivalent of W3C.
The community knows this but no one has dared to broach this so far as this will likely be painful process.
Those who have invested most in this project will eventually need this question answering or they will leave nostr for other more commercially viable projects.
I'd not say the W3C is a great governance model, to be honest. But it just about works.
There are many projects in open source that are far ahead of the W3C in terms of an open transparent process. But this takes work, and it has not been work nostr has been prepared to put in (yet). Nostr devX is generally considered well below par.
That's encouraging to hear there are open source projects with working governance models.
Users expect good governance too, otherwise they will not be encouraged to invest their time.
Yes, indeed. Most OSS projects do this. You can see who controls it, who has access, who are the maintainers, the roles etc. It's all open and transparent. Bitcoin is another great example, which an incredible developer community. Nostr is far behind on that regard.
