constant on Nostr: The ‘race’ would be attacking the center, which is futile imo. You don’t attack ...
The ‘race’ would be attacking the center, which is futile imo.
You don’t attack entrenched network effects head on, it is pointless; Nostr loses on most of all metrics which got those platforms in that position in the first place, at least for now.
What sets Nostr apart is the openness and interoperability, ability to moderate/curate/censor, all while retaining network effect and censorship resistance. This implies an ecosystem; Nostr’s added value grows not just with every user, but with every new application. The resulting clusterfuck of Venn diagrams will eventually encompass the center from the outside in.
This means two things (at least):
1: we don’t have to attack the center, we can encircle it by conquering the margins of niche communities and use-cases, and grow and strengthen the network as a whole that way. Which is also something the competition can’t do (as effectively).
2: The way this works IS to do it the right way, because otherwise it won’t work. It wont have the features mentioned above making the endeavor ultimately pointless.
This new paradigm is difficult because we are figuring it out along the way, in a decentralized/disorganized manner. It is messy and the result will be imperfect but hopefully good enough.
So yeah, you are right Bill, there is no quick win. And if there is something Bitcoiners have shown it is persistence with the conviction pay-off will come eventually however long it takes; one of the many reasons it is this group of people who have a shot at achieving all of this.
You don’t attack entrenched network effects head on, it is pointless; Nostr loses on most of all metrics which got those platforms in that position in the first place, at least for now.
What sets Nostr apart is the openness and interoperability, ability to moderate/curate/censor, all while retaining network effect and censorship resistance. This implies an ecosystem; Nostr’s added value grows not just with every user, but with every new application. The resulting clusterfuck of Venn diagrams will eventually encompass the center from the outside in.
This means two things (at least):
1: we don’t have to attack the center, we can encircle it by conquering the margins of niche communities and use-cases, and grow and strengthen the network as a whole that way. Which is also something the competition can’t do (as effectively).
2: The way this works IS to do it the right way, because otherwise it won’t work. It wont have the features mentioned above making the endeavor ultimately pointless.
This new paradigm is difficult because we are figuring it out along the way, in a decentralized/disorganized manner. It is messy and the result will be imperfect but hopefully good enough.
So yeah, you are right Bill, there is no quick win. And if there is something Bitcoiners have shown it is persistence with the conviction pay-off will come eventually however long it takes; one of the many reasons it is this group of people who have a shot at achieving all of this.