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Alekandar Svetski
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Building: Satlantis.io Wrote: UnCommunist & Bushido Of Bitcoin
Replying to Avatar Tanja

Good morning Berlin, slowly recovering here. Not sure what kind of virus I got… but I wanted to share a this with you all here.

The last two months have been really busy.

I’ve been working with a few amazing people to put together a Nostr booth for THREE back-to-back conferences in LatAm.

What started as a simple “let’s do a booth and a few panels” has turned into something way bigger than I expected: full Nostr days packed with workshops, onboarding, dev sessions, merch, local events, content creation, and so much more. 😅

I won’t lie, it’s been a lot, and I’m still figuring things out… but I’m working hard to get there.

The support from the community has meant so much to me, and I’m deeply grateful, especially as I’m still new here and have a lot to learn. Some incredible people have already gotten behind the initiative, and I hope they can speak to the effort happening behind the scenes. 🙏 It also means the world when people share and talk about this, as it helps build awareness and keep the momentum going.

Massive thanks to the organizers too—we’ve scored amazing booth spaces and seriously, after seeing how much booths usually cost, their generosity is next level!

The local communities have been incredibly supportive, helping me organize dedicated Nostr Days after each conference. They’re always eager to listen to my questions and brainstorm solutions whenever I come to them with a new idea. We’ve secured some amazing venues in each city, including the Community Center at La Crypta and the iconic Bitcoin Mansion at Bitcoin Beach in El Salvador.

Here's what’s being planned for each Nostr Day, in each city:

➡️Nostr 101 Workshop (Morning): Introduction to Nostr and its key concepts

➡️Technical Workshop (After lunch): A deeper dive into the technology

➡️Onboarding Workshop (Afternoon): Hands-on sessions with Nostr apps

I’d love to hear your thoughts on what people might like to see or experience, or any ideas on what we could showcase. Your feedback will help shape these events!

And let’s not forget the amazing podcasters who have trusted me and invited me onto their shows.

That being said, we could still use some extra hands, voices, and support. This has been organized on a tight budget, with everything being offered at cost, but there are still expenses that need to be covered.

We’ve come such a long way, with so much work already put in. Any help—whether it’s sharing this or contributing, even just a small amount—will go a long way towards making these events as meaningful as possible. 💜

Even if it’s $1, or $21 or $100. Every Sat will go towards making these events as impactful as possible. 💜

This is the nostr:npub1kmwdmhuxvafg05dyap3qmy42jpwztrv9p0uvey3a8803ahlwtmnsnhxqk9 link (who’ve been gracious enough to feature and support it):

https://geyser.fund/project/thenostrboothinitiative

Also I’m putting every Sat I receive on Nostr towards this!

Thanks to everyone who’s been with me on this journey so far, and helped out.

It means the world!

Well done

Satlantis 1.0 is coming along.

Bloody thing turned out 10x larger and harder to build than we anticipated.

I’m looking forward to seeing how broken the first version is when it goes live in November, so we can get in there and fix things, on the fly, in the trenches.

You sir, are an absolute CHAD

I’m really happy to see this coming together and the community get behind it.

Derek & nostr:npub1hqaz3dlyuhfqhktqchawke39l92jj9nt30dsgh2zvd9z7dv3j3gqpkt56s with the support of myself & nostr:npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr put in a huge effort to get the first “Nostr Booth” done nostr:npub167n5w6cj2wseqtmk26zllc7n28uv9c4vw28k2kht206vnghe5a7stgzu3r earlier this year and it was a huge success.

This is chapter 2, and it’s an entire initiative involving:

- 3 conferences in 3 cities over 3 weeks

- 3 full “Nostr days” on the day after each event

- Getting the actual organisers onto Nostr, and have them use it to post updates & activity + encouraging attendees to get on to stay up to date.

- A bunch of cool merch

- Loads of material for nostr:npub1lelkh3hhxw9hdwlcpk6q9t0xt9f7yze0y0nxazvzqjmre3p98x3sthkvyz's new Nostr Film

This is going to be absolutely EPIC, and if you’re reading this, please support. This is a community initiative, which many have contributing to so far, but AFAIK, it’s only 40% of the way there.

I’ve put up personally, and also from nostr:npub15xd2mmjnh3caykh77djsv73e0zkrp42jp5mwerx8f4m6su40wdvss7t3l3 considering it’s a Nostr business.

Well done on the hustle so far nostr:npub1hz5alqscpp8yjrvgsdp2n4ygkl8slvstrgvmjca7e45w6644ew7sewtysa

nostr:note1zvgsu37hsa45aau6g3c8ru2ttcckrf6drpwjnvkz6578zm9ppfvq92ly3q

nostr:npub1rtlqca8r6auyaw5n5h3l5422dm4sry5dzfee4696fqe8s6qgudks7djtfs - this is what I DM’s you about. Your support would go a long way. Look into it when you have 5min

Replying to Avatar BitPopArt

Thats a bit too fast for me. First nostr:npub1h5ewqujs336m0kdez46l03jttnaqp3yrvf7evertw0ec52q3qulq4kcdg7 next week and then I heading East (Asia) but when there are interesting events in 2025 I can see where to go. Only when it’s related to #Nostr ✍️🙏

The guys have done an awesome job setting up nostr:npub1h5ewqujs336m0kdez46l03jttnaqp3yrvf7evertw0ec52q3qulq4kcdg7

Reach out to Tanja and Derek. I’m sure one of them would love to help. This is not my think. I’m too busy with nostr:npub15xd2mmjnh3caykh77djsv73e0zkrp42jp5mwerx8f4m6su40wdvss7t3l3 - we just contributed.

I’m really happy to see this coming together and the community get behind it.

Derek & nostr:npub1hqaz3dlyuhfqhktqchawke39l92jj9nt30dsgh2zvd9z7dv3j3gqpkt56s with the support of myself & nostr:npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr put in a huge effort to get the first “Nostr Booth” done nostr:npub167n5w6cj2wseqtmk26zllc7n28uv9c4vw28k2kht206vnghe5a7stgzu3r earlier this year and it was a huge success.

This is chapter 2, and it’s an entire initiative involving:

- 3 conferences in 3 cities over 3 weeks

- 3 full “Nostr days” on the day after each event

- Getting the actual organisers onto Nostr, and have them use it to post updates & activity + encouraging attendees to get on to stay up to date.

- A bunch of cool merch

- Loads of material for nostr:npub1lelkh3hhxw9hdwlcpk6q9t0xt9f7yze0y0nxazvzqjmre3p98x3sthkvyz's new Nostr Film

This is going to be absolutely EPIC, and if you’re reading this, please support. This is a community initiative, which many have contributing to so far, but AFAIK, it’s only 40% of the way there.

I’ve put up personally, and also from nostr:npub15xd2mmjnh3caykh77djsv73e0zkrp42jp5mwerx8f4m6su40wdvss7t3l3 considering it’s a Nostr business.

Well done on the hustle so far nostr:npub1hz5alqscpp8yjrvgsdp2n4ygkl8slvstrgvmjca7e45w6644ew7sewtysa

nostr:note1zvgsu37hsa45aau6g3c8ru2ttcckrf6drpwjnvkz6578zm9ppfvq92ly3q

That’s part of THIS initiative.

There is a booth at SatsConf.

So help the project get some donations, in order to make it happen. I’ve personally contributed $500

Let’s get this going!

Replying to Avatar Max DeMarco

Uncomfortable Nostr Reality check:

I've tried to Nostr-pill all my YouTube friends (some of them have incredible amounts of subs), but none of them care about the censorship resistance or decentralization. Even though they know Nostr exists, they have no incentive yet to come here. Their audience would follow them anywhere, but they need the tools to create community communications.

It's a sad reality, but it all comes down to usability, UX, and ultimately the easiness of paying and signing up for the community. None of these can afford to have a sign-up problem or issues with someone being interested in joining the community/their platform. It needs to work flawlessly and feel and look professional. Some of them charge $3-5k a year just to get access to this closed space, and people are willing to pay for this.

Another big pain point is community management. All of these YouTubers create these platforms to help their audience have a safe place to communicate with each other and build their own tribe.

Nostr is capable of facilitating all of this - we're just not there yet. We need to somehow invest so much more into UX and design.

All of this will come when the time is due. So, knowing that all of this is possible and that ultimately, Nostr will be powering most of these via the social graph, is what makes me extremely bullish. But also, let's not get ahead of ourselves and expect them to come already.

The UX and features are not there yet for these people. I am more than happy to help anybody trying to make this a reality. I want nothing more than having these people join Nostr. But I also totally understand their pain points. So, if you're a dev or a company working on this, please feel free to reach out - I can tell you all the issues they told me. Or just tell me how to best do this; maybe I can jump on a podcast so the issues are open-sourced for the whole community to hear.

#nostrdesign #asknostr

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True. There’s only one way through hell though - and that’s the keep going.

Nostr UX sucks in comparison to what else is out there. I’m certain nostr:npub15xd2mmjnh3caykh77djsv73e0zkrp42jp5mwerx8f4m6su40wdvss7t3l3 1.0 will also suck. But that’s the only way, with limited resources, that we’ll get anywhere. Gotta keep building, iterating, refining.

That being said, I 100% agree that nowhere near enough focus is placed on the user. Right now, it’s all on development. Which may be warranted. I just wonder when the shift begins to happen…