I appreciate the long and passionate response.

I think with zaps something that's often overlooked is the fact that zaps don't scale well on iOS, and for creatives the iOS audience is by far the most important one. X, Rumble and others would all implement zaps on posts (including USDT variants) if they could. They all have the rails; technically this is not a difficult thing to do.

Apple doesn't allow zaps on posts without enabling in-app purchase, and when in-app purchase is enabled Apple generally takes a 30% cut. Patreon for comparison is only 8%.

It's also very difficult for people to acquire sats in many parts of the world, and in many states in the US. Even Primal, with it's built in wallet and in-app purchase enabled, cannot allow users from New York, Canada and other places to purchase sats in the app.

You add these things up and zaps really does not scale well for creators. It's a tricky challenge and one that isn't talked about much.