MAHDOOD on Nostr: I appreciate the diligence: don’t trust, verify. I just feel there are a lot of ...
I appreciate the diligence: don’t trust, verify. I just feel there are a lot of assumptions here. I don’t think the primal team is malicious and I haven’t seen any evidence as to why they would be malicious. I do think they are trying to be profitable. That’s just how business works. They should compete to create the best product and experience like all other clients. Other clients are incentivized to create something better. This is capitalism. The user gets a better product as a result. They will not be the last to try this and if this is a threat to nostr, then it was never going to succeed to begin with. I would be concerned about this if nostr was a walled garden. It’s not. Nation states will attack nostr. They will go after the large relays and have them censor users. That’s why we need more relays and decentralization.
Here’s a fun thought experiment. What do you think would happen if Elon integrated twatter into nostr? He will easily have the largest relay in the world. Could he create a walled garden on nostr? No.
If I’m missing something let me know but I’m not concerned based on this information.
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