If I was president, I’d implement a Government Halving policy inspired by the #Bitcoin Halving: every four years, 50% of government workers get fired.

I wasn't talking on a startup/company level here. But thanks for the quick judgment.

I am working on a simple book about #nostr and #v4v and my journey from Tokyo to Riga. A book I can give to for example family and friends so they get it. Because I get so manny times the question but how do you live?🤣

I Got tired of it so that is the mean reason to make this book and who know the Nostr community supports it ✍️ Hope to finish it and share it at Bitcoin Amsterdam 🤙

"But “competing against everyone” is a losing strategy."

Who says that? New times require new dimensions in competition. There are a lot of devs here, we're all here. It's just a matter of structuring and incentives.

And I think we _have_ a tech problem. No product is fully developed and everyone knows things are buggy. Even with good marketing, we would have a lot of disappointments after onboarding. For example, how do you explain to the masses in a non-technical way that you can't change/delete things? The lack of such a basic function alone will cause a rethink in online behavior and will also cause some regrets.

Bluesky is not the slightest bit censorship resistant because other users can delete your posts simply by blocking you.

Nostr doesn't compete so much with Twitter, FB or other social networks, but more with single-sign-on providers such as Google or Microsoft. Using multiple apps with one verified signin. And have a good payment option at the same time. Only without KYC and annoying middlemen. That's the slogan. Twitter is also trying to go in the direction of an “everything app” because it can't grow with only posting notes; Nostr is competing with this. And it has the potential to replace all the big tech with it.

The social media application stands out at the moment, of course, but it's not for everyone. The ecosystem and the other apps need to be pushed more. There are people who have nothing to do with social media but sell things on eBay all day long. Shopstr is a promising candidate. Or # asknostr for Quora-like platforms. And there are more use cases where identity and payment are central.

You know, I got my first high with a Zap, but my second, no less, high with a small freelance gig via Shopstr. I've never done a job so stress-free, fast and straightforward. More of this please!

🤣🤣🤣 This is why I love you Svetski, lmao

Yes, but what if zaps were provable deposits instead of payment records? 21M limited supply of btc deposits means they are a real and verifiable sign of value. You can use ecash to do this!

From marketing point of view, which brand sounds better :

"nostr" or "bluesky"?

"and build a narrative BEYOND the 500 of us that are talking to each other on here."

Nothing else tell me what a failure I am than being a ecosystem of 500 people, but only having 11 followers.😂

yes, yes and yes. I said it a hundred times. #nostr does not need more generic nips. Nostr needs use cases and business models. else it will fail to change anything.

It's not struggling. It's a time preference thing. The same argument has been talked about Bitcoin. "It's old tech" "It's too slow" "There's faster versions that do better things"

For me Nostr is doing a job and doing it well. This is the problem with transitioning from a consumerist economy to a sound money economy. The mindset is "now, now, now" and that doesn't build quality - it builds quantity. Which will eventually offer nothing productive, and break society.

Nostr is “struggling” because it doesn’t have a CEO basically, and it’s kind of directionless.

Catering to an audience is the “right” step in marketing but not for a global audience.

We should competently solve some problem first.

IMO, Nostr solves the creators problem first: own your audience, monetise, and a second order effect is better content.

But like they say here, opinions are like assholes everyone has one.

Besides censorship resistance the clear davantage of nostr are #zaps, and they are underutilized. Some version of zaps are going to be the real global town square for the competition of ideas.

Is anyone working on building a Nostr app specifically dedicated for groups and communities? I'm talking about something as good as Facebook groups. I wish I could build one myself but I can't. Thanks