I’d say the average is ~5 years from first commits to wide-spread adoption. Git was introduced in 2005, and didn’t really break out in a big way until 2010-2012. Linux was early 90s, and didn’t really break out until the dot-com era. First web browser, HTTP and HTML was 1990. First real breakout was about 1995.

So if you’re seeing exponential adoption curves <5 years into a new protocol and/or new open source technology, you’re doing pretty great!

What’s the HFSP for nostr detractors?

When I look at pictures of the great pyramids in Egypt all I can think about is the tremendous amount of slave labor that would have been required to build those things (the pyramids were originally covered in white *polished!* limestone so it would glimmer in the sunlight). More than half the population would have been slaves to these crazy rulers who thought they were gods on earth. What the world doesn’t realize today is that when 90%+ of the global population is in debt up to their eyeballs with no glimmer of hope to ever pay off their rolling and ever increasing debts, we are living in a very similar situation. One difference between then and now is at least the Egyptian knew they were slaves.

On twitter we have “tweeting”

Is nostr just “posting”?

Any better names?

Hey I just set up my wallet, can you zap me just to see if it works? I’ll send right back

When will I be able to to update my Damus to 1.1.0? #[0] #[1] #[2] #[3]

Followid

I wonder what the cumulative zap amount is

👀

In due course

brb (never comes b)

Zaps>faps

Soccer*

what does it do