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 I came across @jack's original twitter thread announcing Bluesky and I'm reminded at what a great explanation it is of what Nostr has become. 

https://twitter.com/jack/status/1204766078468911106 
 Sometimes the path you take isn't the one you planned.  
 I believe @fiatjaf said once that he read that thread at the time and thought that his embryonic Nostr ideas fitted it perfectly. 
 thanks for sharing this! reading it again after having experienced nostr and with hindsight it’s quite incredible 
 Beautiful to read this and yes, it feels like Nostr is closer to this vision than Bluesky. 
 After Nostr, it's difficult, to go back, to "normie" social networks - which is OK, with me. ^^ 
 Is it still available on invitation only? Does anyone has invite code? 
 Wonderful to re-live this moment. New projects are initiated all the time. Not often do you get to see them grow and look back at where it started.

Yes this thread wasn’t specifically about Nostr, but it indirectly led to funding for it. Thank you for taking a chance on Nostr, @jack and putting your energy behind it as well. 
 Parag Agrawal isn’t a part of this anymore, is he? 
 I wonder which protocol @jack is more bullish on. 
 That’s a terrible sullen pic of a mean looking person. He should change to a friendlier looking pic!