Nostr

I'm a developer interested in building something on Nostr. I'm too new to know what people need. What do you think?

Push notifications. The incumbent client-builders are living in a fantasy world.

Build a push notification only app. Not a client. Like a Push Layer 2. Only does push.

Allow user to select their default client, to open your L2 pushes with. That way push works for every client, but you will get the highest user counts. Because, push = growth. Transition to lite client after if you wish.

I've been thinking on this for months. No health, resources, or energy to do it. It will not only blow up Nostr, it will blow the other clients out of the water.

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CappyNate🍁 1y ago

The only risk is if large incumbents build in push notify first. They seem totally uninterested though.

My words were bad above. This L2 push app triggers a push banner to the user. When user clicks push banner, it opens the event in the user's selected default client (Primal, Damus, Amethyst, etc). Comments, likes, etc. Interactions.

Because all current notifications are currently in-app. 👎 👎

You don't actually build a feed or any other components of a client. Push service only.

Only aggregate events from relays, and trigger the push to user when they happen. Existing clients handle all activity after the push banner click.

Firebase is awesome for this if you're familiar. (I'm not a coder, PM/vision/founder/problem finder guy)

(Deleted Account) 1y ago

Ohhh I get it. Only in-app notifs at the moment, so you end up missing stuff when the app is closed. Actually I was thinking about building something similar for NFT sales awhile back. Never got to it because token.gallery became a ghost town. I might have to dig into this idea...

CappyNate🍁 1y ago

Yes exactly. It's like having a telephone without a ringer.