Agree, reddit is one of the best platforms for engaging properly on topics, and now is a time when people are seeking this more and more instead of reading quick fire current events like twitter etc. The trouble is that Reddit is one of the most heavily censored and monitored of all the social media networks. I'd like to see Nostr devs really focus on Reddit style forum use (subforuming) applications that also incorporate general shortform notes (and keep Identities separate but running in parallel). We don't have to have a single signon for every part of the network we use. I don't use my twitter signon for reddit.

Problem is most android operating systems are insecure, bloated with hardware manufacturers dubious junk (proprietary) , google's (proporietory) apps deeply embedded, and most phones are rarely updated or out of service for updates. Why would anyone use location tracked android for privacy transactions. Its a shame there aren't desktop linux apps for this.

The saddest part is that zaps are even more complicated than L1 bitcoin, and most people can't get to grips with layer one, even with custodial wallets, which would be a bad and pointless way to do bitcoin anyway!

I know that. Its why I use Nostr. But the crypto/zaps is a marketing / perception problem, not a technical one for those who don't want to use them. Most people hate crypto (just a fact of life because , rightly or wrongly, it has a reputation for scams and darkweb trading - because well, it IS used for those, regardless of its other merits) . Nostr has tainted itself by being fixated on that world. And now people just roll their eyes when they land ona nostr client and see the word crypto plastered all over the homepage. Or as soon as they try and figure out what the hell zaps are!

The tried alternatives are worse? You have no idea how much further these tyrannical corporations are going to go. And lets look at how far they have already gone: destroying the planet, poisoning our water, driving mass inequality, slavery around the world, wars in foreign countries to steal resources, millions of unnecessary deaths, mostly civilians. Are you sure its worse than East Germany? And for who? dpends which side of those guns/drones/cobalt mines you are sitting. But regardless, can get much worse, Blackrock isn't about to relinquish its capital. Because that would be anti capitalist.

Steal? Is a legal term made up by the govnt. Enforced by the govnt. Is that communism too?

Sure, but what then is the necessity of demanding an email address in the first place? The very fact it is not optional is precisely why it is untrustworthy. Additionally, its pretty hard to anonymize an email address, but regardless of your ability to do so, being forced to try just so you can remain secure is a security flaw. One that Alby won't fix because it wants your identity and data.

'What exactly ARE you planning to do with your bitcoin, because you can't buy anything except drugs and fiat?'

yeah I did.

Beacuse I dont want to run a node. You have 2 options: run a node yourself (too complex for most people) or create a custodial account : privacy issue/KYC

Also - defeats purpose: I dont have to record tax for purchases on paypal, I do bitcoin. How then is lightnening better than paypal?

I think many of them do know this, they just don't want anyone else thinking of investing in bitcoin to know because they have so much invested in Bitcoin, they need more people below to help them cash out of their ponzi scheme

Its been beginning for years! Nostr growth is slowing steadily. Lets face it, the general public are turned off by crypto. And many damn well hate and fear it. Its toxic to nostrs otherwise great potential. The damage has been done sonce every client pushes the zaps etc.

No, I'm trying to understand why so many bitcoiners are in denial. The blockchain is public. It offers little or no privacy. Its taxable when cashging, and every transaction nearly always gets converted to fiat when it is spent. You might as well use paypal. And while I prefer Monero I also think the public largely hates all crypto, and nostr is failing to attract users because crypto is turning them off. Crypto is also just too complex for most people, and L2 is not helping , making it worse, and even more centralized with KYC apps like WoS as the only viable way to send sats without self hosting nodes, which even bicoin fanboys struggle to do.

Facebook, Twitter Google - all of them run by greedy capitalists, all of them suppress free speech and democracy. But sure blame bogey man communists that don't even exist. And when that fails pretend its corporatism - as if that is any differnt - capitalists (as marx said) have always used the power of the state to keep their wealth. And I believe there are no examples of a capitalist that does not, anywhere on earth, but feel free to give me one.

I am not the one calling someone commie scum and shouting fuck off, just for challenging the logic of your post, which ironically proves the point. Capitalists cant engage with anyone who disagrees with them. They hate democracy and free speech. Thats why workplaces don't have either.

You are rude. You can't seem engage in civilized discussion. As I said capitalists are tyrannical. .

You didnt answer any of the questions I see.

You need an email address. Yes I got that far and immediately stopped.

There is little to no demand for zaps except among bitcoin bro devs. 99.999999% of anyone who uses the internet hates crypto, let alone second layer centralised KYC crypto. And only 1% of the 0.0000001% that do want to use zaps actually run a node. Zaps/bitcoin are actually just putting average people off Nostr.

the first think alby does is ask you to register with your email address. Might as well use paypal.

This is about the fattest brushstroke on the internet.