lynn on Nostr: It's a feeling I have today, not based on any real research. But now that you put me ...
It's a feeling I have today, not based on any real research.
But now that you put me on the spot, I can offer some weak reasons:
There is a lack of incentive for the casual user to use nostr over whatever else. Censorship resistance isn't smtn ppl care about. The greatest asset nostr has is that it can house many different types apps. E.g. twitter + blog + git patches + anything really. That adds a social aspect to any app, which is valuable.
However, developing on nostr is too difficult. There is too much burden on the developers. Things break often. Would not be a problem in the long term, as stuff gets fixed for good (in libraries), but this isn't going to be race of long term.
But now that you put me on the spot, I can offer some weak reasons:
There is a lack of incentive for the casual user to use nostr over whatever else. Censorship resistance isn't smtn ppl care about. The greatest asset nostr has is that it can house many different types apps. E.g. twitter + blog + git patches + anything really. That adds a social aspect to any app, which is valuable.
However, developing on nostr is too difficult. There is too much burden on the developers. Things break often. Would not be a problem in the long term, as stuff gets fixed for good (in libraries), but this isn't going to be race of long term.