TheGuySwann on Nostr: This has always been the way I see it and why I have gravitated toward these ...
This has always been the way I see it and why I have gravitated toward these protocols. There are some that despite all the "theories" and claims of "it should be done this way," #nostr, #bitcoin and now #pear just seem to work.
Theory is fantastic, and it's always fun to think we can build some huge, complete, dynamic system out the gate. But i feel like I've now seen over my life too many times where something that the thing that starts with the simplest beginnings and just works, that learns and evolves and reacts to how people use it as it grows... systems that make that choice seem to have a staying power and ability to adapt that cannot be countered.
Theory is fantastic, and it's always fun to think we can build some huge, complete, dynamic system out the gate. But i feel like I've now seen over my life too many times where something that the thing that starts with the simplest beginnings and just works, that learns and evolves and reacts to how people use it as it grows... systems that make that choice seem to have a staying power and ability to adapt that cannot be countered.
quoting note1n78…k60kIn bitcoin’s early years, a lot of people debated the theoretical functioning of it with a critical lens, but then in practice it just worked and bootstrapped for the next 15 years and counting. It was simple and elegant enough to work despite being rough around the edges, caught all the right types of mindshare, and grew.
Nostr has a similar pattern so far. Lots of people critique it. And galaxy brains are trying to build more complex alternative digital identity schemes without much shipping. Meanwhile Nostr is out in the field bootstrapping with users and developers and companies.
