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 "It's too complicate"
"Nobody is using it"
"It's a cool idea but it will not catch up"
"None will stop to use X for #Nostr.." 
https://i.nostr.build/qgAa.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=500x500&blurhash=UFGkOJ%3Fw.89b%5ELI%5D-%3AyENMtSRnRl%25hx%5Dkqi_&x=8538d96bd275adb972ab0f4116d75458e8d1968c055eaa9d0eb7e8c37ffe4a25 
 My son asked if sats are some
in-app token. I have a long way to go explaining Bitcoin lololo 
 Feed their spongy minds.. #bitcoin 
https://i.nostr.build/nb1489.jpg 
 If Nostr can defeat Twitter
Then Bitcoin can defeat the Dollar
 
 With all due respect, I wholeheartedly disagree. That IS a false equivalence. 

Nostr does not need to defeat Twitter, it just needs to challenge it, apply pressure. What Twitter, which is now X btw, does in response, is the X factor. No pun intended :) 

That is the beauty of the market dynamic. It is best to not think that, for something to win, another must lose, That is "zero sum" thinking. It is so fiat-mentality. 

Instead, stand back and observe how the "dominant" player, Twitter/X, reacts to opposition. If they have "what it takes" in terms of integrity or smarts, they might be the better for it (i.e., anti-fragile). If not, they will be relegated to the dust bin of history. 

But to bank on success by someone else's demise is what Bitcoin is trying to get us away from. 

That is what I believe in my humble opinion. I could be wrong ;) 
 Love this view, thanks for sharing 🤙 
 My pleasure 
 By defeat I meant overtake as the number 1 choice for bitcoiners old and new, so most hodlers using nostr rather than X/Twitter or even reddit, etc.

But what you say is also very true. 
 Point well taken