Pattern on Nostr: From that perspective I think you are right, what I think we are both missing is the ...
From that perspective I think you are right, what I think we are both missing is the fact that we are comparing 2 different things, and in that comparison we are being very unfair.
One thing is a social media application, another very different thing is a social protocol that allows identity portability across different applications using the same social graph (understood as the same links, the users with whom we interact, read or are read by), which means an important evolution in the way we communicate socially on the Internet.
And as if this were not enough, with a native means of exchange of value that represents real value.
Is it possible to say now if Nostr is losing the battle? Again the question arises, how do we measure success?
Can we say that Bitcoin with 16 years of existence as a technology won? Can we say here that beyond all the difficulties in terms of adoption, legal challenges, and implementation of services, is it losing? I don't think so, and I am convinced that it is still very early in Bitcoin both in terms of technological evolution and financial success.
I think that most of us have chosen Bitcoin for different reasons but one of the most important is that we consider it a better form of money. I think that something similar will happen with Nostr, adoption and success will arise (or not) from the conviction of users that it is a better tool to communicate socially on the Internet, to generate friendships, interest groups or commercial activities indistinctly, but preserving a series of values that distinguish it, and mainly a better, freer and sovereign way of conducting oneself in life.
One thing is a social media application, another very different thing is a social protocol that allows identity portability across different applications using the same social graph (understood as the same links, the users with whom we interact, read or are read by), which means an important evolution in the way we communicate socially on the Internet.
And as if this were not enough, with a native means of exchange of value that represents real value.
Is it possible to say now if Nostr is losing the battle? Again the question arises, how do we measure success?
Can we say that Bitcoin with 16 years of existence as a technology won? Can we say here that beyond all the difficulties in terms of adoption, legal challenges, and implementation of services, is it losing? I don't think so, and I am convinced that it is still very early in Bitcoin both in terms of technological evolution and financial success.
I think that most of us have chosen Bitcoin for different reasons but one of the most important is that we consider it a better form of money. I think that something similar will happen with Nostr, adoption and success will arise (or not) from the conviction of users that it is a better tool to communicate socially on the Internet, to generate friendships, interest groups or commercial activities indistinctly, but preserving a series of values that distinguish it, and mainly a better, freer and sovereign way of conducting oneself in life.