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Rabble | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +6 
 Money and resources made a difference. It’s what caused VC backed companies winning and taking over web 2.0 platforms.  

Jack’s funding has had a huge impact but he’s done it in a way which doesn’t put himself or other funders in control. It’s one of the more interesting experiments we’re seeing in Nostr.
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Moss | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I agree, Jack did a great thing. Let Nostr grow naturally. 

What worries me is that Nostr's clients and relays lack positive incentive mechanisms. Without Jack's financial support, most of them will go bankrupt. I wonder why OpenSats can't allocate some funds to fund Nostr and Bitcoin Lightning Payment's closed-source clients. As long as Nostr and Bitcoin applications can be promoted, I don't know what the difference is between open source and closed source. Let these closed-source products become competitive and self-profitable, and then fund OpenSats in the future. In this way, the Nostr ecosystem can develop healthily. This is also a good experimental direction.
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verita84 | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Proprietary Software is garbage and takes away your freedom
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Moss | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Nostr accounts are freedom , and closed-source software created on Nostr is not restricted to freedom. Just to survive.
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BITKARROT | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 mmm, the spaces where you worry, the more biz minded set see opportunity. Doesn't need to be closed source, lots of people will pay to use open source services that run on nostr + ln. its already happening. its just not "in your face" obvs yet :)