Replying to Avatar Trey Walsh

Two things I’m now convinced will happen regarding #nostr, it’s just a matter of when

1) an explosion of new users, as centralized social media clients (like X) continue to censor, make poor business and customer decisions, and eventually implode. And as nostr clients improve, get easier, better UX, and appealing to mainstream (like nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg with killer UX and wallet in-app).

2) as users grow, so too will government attacks against nostr-enable clients and businesses. We saw a smidge of this with Apple and nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955 but that was child’s play imo. Legal funds will be needed, similar to bitcoin dev legal funds.

This could be next year. It could be 5 years, 10 years, 20 years down the line. It will be interesting, and it’s very cool to be living through these times.

#grownostr

The increased attention from state actors will be the one to watch. Assuming continued user growth, there will be a tipping point where governments will shift from attention to action, which is where we can expect to see dedicated misinformation, attempts at internal subversion, and overt legislation designed to cripple or eliminate.

The people working to #grownostr are clever and I have faith in their ability to plan for and build around these types of attacks. That said, I cannot underestimate the power of the state when it is properly spooked.

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