pseudourinidine on Nostr: The biggest hurdles for each were the bootstrapping into existence. For bitcoin this ...
The biggest hurdles for each were the bootstrapping into existence.
For bitcoin this happened in say 2010 - going from satoshi alone, to any sort of global use was the biggest hurdle, everything since then was like water running downhill.
For nostr I guess it happened a couple years ago.
Both these are like a spaceship passing the event horizon of a black hole. You don't notice anything unusual at the time but once you've crossed that invisible line your fate is sealed.
Though I think you can argue that both were always inevitable anyway - certainly nostr was. You could possibly say for bitcoin you only had one shot at it, because it has to arise organically / stealthily and when everyone knows what's happening you can't do it. But I think probably over time this would have been got around somehow.
For bitcoin this happened in say 2010 - going from satoshi alone, to any sort of global use was the biggest hurdle, everything since then was like water running downhill.
For nostr I guess it happened a couple years ago.
Both these are like a spaceship passing the event horizon of a black hole. You don't notice anything unusual at the time but once you've crossed that invisible line your fate is sealed.
Though I think you can argue that both were always inevitable anyway - certainly nostr was. You could possibly say for bitcoin you only had one shot at it, because it has to arise organically / stealthily and when everyone knows what's happening you can't do it. But I think probably over time this would have been got around somehow.