Damus was banned in China less than 48 hours after it launched in the Apple App Store. Zaps weren't even invented yet. China banned Damus because it was something they couldn't control. This is a right if passage for freedom fighters. This means you're on the right path. This means you're changing the narrative. This means you don't fit inside their rules.

The best part of it all? Nostr keeps pushing forward like a freight train that cannot be stopped due to it's openness and decentralized nature. These types of events are showcasing Nostr's censorship resistant technology.

Notes and Zaps will flourish and live on while we continue to build the Other Stuff. No one can change that. Not even Apple.