Not really. A personal inbox/outbox relay is cheap or near nothing to run. Now, large public relays are a different story. I don't make a sat from nostrelites.org but a lot of people use it. Perhaps these relays die off in the future and smaller, cheaper relays are the path forward.
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The Damus team can barely keep their doors open and they’re one of the most successful projects on Nostr.
Chris Dixon is convinced protocols alone don’t have a path forward. Blockchains & tokens can transform protocols from altruistic utilities into thriving ecosystems.
Why would a bright young engineer build on Nostr if there is little to no economic incentives to do so?
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I am not interested in these sell-outs, I prefer voluntary work by idealists.
Sell outs are not the best option and more like a scams. I like idea of volunteer support like primal “become a legend” doing it.. maybe nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s can copy it on Damus and other clients can adopt similar approaches
If I'm not mistaken Damus already have special badges for supporters.
But it's hard to imagine that yielding enough money to pay for a "bright young engineer" that could be scamming people for millions on Solana.
If we could all just gather in Discord to reboot the network, Nostr might just succeed.
nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6 it is easy to believe most crypto projects are scams, because they are. I agree.
It’s naive to ignore how to improve economic incentives for Nostr builders. That’s my goal.
I don’t have the answers. Thank you for your work.
We’ve got damus purple for our subscribers. They get early access to new features and products and a badge for support, etc. Very grateful for everyone who signs up! https://damus.io/purple 💜
http seems to be doing fine...