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Probably, browser extensions are a shitcoin. We need native clients!

I just whipped up a chess server, running on wss://chorus.mikedilger.com:444/ using all ephemeral events, no access control required.

I was having a horrible week, doing huge coding but getting no wins and probably have to throw out my efforts. I really needed a win. So I did this chess thing which was (for me) easy with super rapid progress.

Here is the protocol, anybody can write a client for this. People connect and get paired up and play each other. There is no fancy Elo score matching yet. Nor did I write a client yet. Just the server... which is currently running and listening for chess events tagging this pubkey(hex): dbb45efeb8cc10e6f75fdff7e561e7db39cc7ba6592f4c22e26f3ee36b2e7bc2

(NIP-64 is not related to this work... yet)

Please somebody write a nice client.

// Event kinds (not yet allocated in nostr)

const REQ_TO_PLAY: EventKind = EventKind::Ephemeral(20300);

/*

* {

* "pubkey": ,

* "kind": 20300,

* "tags": [

* ["p", ],

* ],

* "content": "",

* ...

* }

*/

const RESP_TO_PLAY: EventKind = EventKind::Ephemeral(20301);

/*

* {

* "pubkey": ,

* "kind": 20301,

* "tags": [

* ["p": ],

* ],

* "content": "queued", // 'queued' or 'error:' or 'started:'

* ...

* }

*

*/

const GAME_STATE: EventKind = EventKind::Ephemeral(20302);

/*

* {

* "pubkey":

* "kind": 20302,

* "tags": [

* ["d": ],

* ["p": ],

* ["p": ],

* ],

* "content": ,

* ...

* }

*/

const GAME_MOVE: EventKind = EventKind::Ephemeral(20303);

/*

* {

* "pubkey": ,

* "kind": 20303,

* "tags": [

* ["d": ],

* ["e": ],

* ["p", ],

* ["p": ],

* ["p": ],

* ],

* "content": , // or various other signals like 'quit' TBD.

* ...

* }

*/

const GAME_ERROR: EventKind = EventKind::Ephemeral(20304);

/*

* If the game is known, and the error event came from a player of the game:

* {

* "pubkey": ,

* "kind": 20304

* "tags": [

* "e": ,

* "d": , // if relevant (not present if game not found)

* "p": , // if game not found, this is the author of event reacted to

* "p": , // only if game was found, this is the other player

* ],

* "content":

* ...

* }

*

* If the game is not known:

* {

* "pubkey": ,

* "kind": 20304

* "tags": [

* ["e": ],

* ["p": ],

* ],

* "content":

* ...

* }

*/

GM Nostr! Now my three kids are back in school it’s really good time! Ready to write some code! 🙏

nostr development wins when each developer picks a focused problem and absolutely crushes and polishes the solution

e.g. if you’re building a client to do X, it doesn’t also have to have a social media feed

I spent 2 hours this morning helping a grandma set up a multisig wallet. I directed her to the service provider that I believe has the best UX out there. The easiest and most friendly environment possible.

It was grueling. I am drained after that experience.

Don't get me wrong. I have no regrets and I'd do it again. In fact, I keep a running list of people to help. That's what it means to be an Uncle Jim. Helping people achieve financial sovereignty is one of the best and most important things you can teach someone these days.

However, I don't believe we can achieve meaningful levels of self custody with the current generation. We need to be focusing mostly on the next generation.

I didn't get my first email address until I was in my 20s. My kids get an email address automatically when they enter Kindergarten. These days it's just a life skill that everyone learns. Likewise, bitcoin self custody will become a basic life skill. The move to financial self-sovereignty will be a generational shift.

I see a lot of frustration at the slow uptake of these trends. My message to those folks is simple: lower your time preference.

Medieval cathedrals took many generations to build. The workers who started the foundations did it knowing they would never see the completed project.

We are building a cathedral. We're only 15 years in. Lower your time preference.

Asking for pro advice: If you would create a multiplatform mobile app today, which language and framework would you use and why?