Hmm, perhaps the DoJ made them an offer to shut down or be raped?

I gotta admit that I don't know most details about how Lightning works. The node operator can close your channel and you lose all your SATs?

No. Explain like I'm 5

A decade of development and all it can show is zaps on Nostr. And now even that is going away?

Have you tried the marketplace? It looks cool in the UI till it's time to buy and you realize it's a simple DM. No checkout, no escrow. It's sad.

people who used the internet in the late 00s-early 10s be like:

"I watch spiritually fucked up content, why is my brain fucked up?"

Maybe you can also follow some users in the Thai community. Very active community

There may be a lot of people active in places you don't notice.

Nostr's data is growing all the time. I feel more and more user interaction. Don't be confused by the statistics. If you need nostr, keep posting and keep zapping. #Nostr will be unstoppable. I will not stop using nostr because the statistics show that only a few people are active that day. And ignore the posts and #Zap ⚡️ of my friends who are really active. 🫂💜

Daily active users: 13,409.

Weekly active users: 32,039.

Total zaps: 3,059,134.

Daily note events posted: 688709.

People are always scared by wrong statistics. Just like being scared by the data of the Federal Reserve. There are often statistical errors in the data of nostr.band due to data lag. I don't know if it is because the data of all relays needs to be pulled for manual review every once in a while.

Visible in shodun?

Do you still use Global / Universe feeds?

not really