Nostr

nostr is still mainly used alongside twitter. in the best rare case, as a replacement. and only because people are running away from something about twitter they don't like.

there is nothing that people want to run to nostr for yet. zaps were promising, but bitcoin is still a hurdle (one that primal is doing the best at overcoming), and it's doubtful lightning could scale to a massive adoption moment.

nostr needs a feature or experience that's unique and sets it apart. i *think* that is the ecosystem of microapps over the long term...but it's definitely not in the short term. and that might be ok.

for twitter the initial draw was the simplicity and weirdness of 140 characters (we started with zero network effect, facebook had it all...that's built over time). later it became the conversation which lead to the "public square" (owned by a private corporation ¯\_(ツ)_/¯). and then as it grew, it had a single point of control/failure people could attack.

nostr doesn't have to worry about that last bit. it's an incredible feature. but not one the average person cares about (no matter how much they yell "FREE SPEECH!"...if people actually cared about free speech, bitcoin and nostr would be all they used...they don't).

all this to say, we're not doomed. but what we think is the killer feature isn't right now. who's going to discover the one that is?

Adam O’Brien 1y ago

Nostr is suffering from low time preference.

Its core principles will help it thrive for generations… something the high time preference of legacy social media will not be around to see.

We are building for our grandkids.

Adam O’Brien 1y ago

The nostr:npub19mf4jm44umnup4he4cdqrjk3us966qhdnc3zrlpjx93y4x95e3uq9qkfu2 crew is in Dallas and ready to BOOM nostr:npub15t3qpnzd9h6lgh5zfeywl5353nefpjv6fls4lg6yqy2rypzslyas5cc8rq

Can’t wait to meet all of you 🥳

Adam O’Brien 1y ago

My fellow nostriches - I present to you a $3.7 TRILLION scam!!

Bitcoin estate > “real”estate

https://www.youtube.com/embed/nzKKBnSW48I

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no₿ody™ 🧱

NICE TOUCH nostr:npub1xnf02f60r9v0e5kty33a404dm79zr7z2eepyrk5gsq3m7pwvsz2sazlpr5 🫡

Adam O’Brien 1y ago

What are the best non custodial lightning wallets you have used? Umbrel node via Zeus is the cheapest/most economical that I can find

Adam O’Brien 1y ago

Going live on the bird app in a few minutes to chat about bitcoin and stuff (1:30 EST)

Come join if you want to hang 👇🏼👇🏼

https://twitter.com/adamobrien_

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fiatjaf

Can you recommend a good non-Bitcoin podcast?

Adam O’Brien 1y ago

Isn’t everything about bitcoin?

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oobiyou

If you’re missing the zap feature on Damus:

https://nostrscript.suhailsaqan.com

visit this site and click the “on” button, it will ask if you want to open Damus (click “yes”), it will take you to a page with the option to run script (click that). Restart Damus. 🤯 (to turn zaps off, navigate to the above website and repeat the steps (but select the “off” option)

Adam O’Brien 1y ago

Can someone verify this? Feels risky lol

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