Zaps are the near-term killer feature. Openness is the long-term killer feature.
Let’s not talk about zaps in the past tense. They are absolutely the killer feature that makes everyone’s eyes light up. We need to double down on that. Lightning can scale globally through a combination of custodians and self-custody, which is fine. We are totally in the process of winning here, let’s lean into it.
Creating a better public square, powered by zaps, is the correct opening move. An ecosystem of apps built on the same open network will seal the deal. Nostr will replace the legacy web. Agreed, censorship resistance is important, but it alone won’t bring in the masses. But using the same identity and social connections in an ecosystem of beautifully executed apps that work well together? Everyone will dig that. That’s Nostr’s checkmate move.
IMHO we have a lot of work to do, but everything is moving in the right direction.
Your enthusiasm is contagious, I really hope it will be as you predict 🙏
My enthusiasm got a major boost after I saw the @Sovereign Engineering presentations in Madeira last month. Nostr development is blossoming 😉. @Gigi and @PABLOF7z started something special there. Hard not to be bullish.
"Blossoming" 👀👀👀
Yes, that was the best couple hours of the entire conference.
no doubt zaps makes it click.
but i don’t think they yet make people stay.
we’ll need to zap harder
lol, no, it's an important feature but it isn't something the rest of social media universe cares about
the thing we can do that nobody else can - is broadcast
and i've been having a bit of a fight with fiatjaf about this (he won't give me any distinctions when broadcast is not good)
but i'm going to push this in my work with altcoin networks - that their funded relays should broadcast events that are meant to be public, to everyone, as a service to nostr and as a way to show good will
we’re here for love
let’s tokenize love
Zaps features can excite creators but for consumers, we need different features and rewards.
If people see zaps and think about how to move the capital into fiat, that's a failure. The true killer feature in my opinion will be clear instructions on how to build a circular economy at all wealth levels. Doesn't matter if you're paying 100 sats or 100,000 sats for something, we are all equal and we deserve the same financial infrastructure and opportunities.
Zaps move circular international economies.
Thats the big win people have yet to discover. Nostrified Etsy + Ebay versions for starters.
It’s about to be as easy to host a federated custodian as it is to run a nostr relay, we’re about to have a full, production ready freedom stack
Zaps are cool, the problem is getting people to stick around long enough to see how cool they are, well, that and not everyone is a content creator. A lot of people just like to lurk and scroll.
Zaps seem even cooler if you get them every day for a few days. You might even feel guilty for not zapping good content when you see it
Masses use social media to learn and interact, they don't care much about earning.
Zaps and earning features of #nostr can attract creators but not sure about the masses.
We need different USPs to attract the masses.
But you're forgetting that where creators go, their followers go, and consumers go to consume said content.
I agree but every creator has a category.
Out of 100 followers, 2-3 love him, 9-10 buy what he says, 90 followers just like him.
If the creator tries to onboard his followers conversion rate will be less than 25%
It's a top-down approach.
We need a bottom-up strategy.
The creator selects a platform to create where the audience is.
Dancer go on Tiktok.
Vloggers go on YouTube.
Influences go on Instagram.
Example.
Bitcoiners use Nostr, so Bitcoin content creators join Nostr.
25% seems huge. Hell, I'd be ecstatic for those Numbers.
I think 3 things can bring mass adoption:
1. Simple UI / UX ( we are getting close)
2. Non-tech content creators
3. Some big PR ( news or shoutouts )
I think the masses don't much care about,
Censorship resistance, Free speech, decentralized.
Masses only care about news, updates, and controversies ( i.e. Dopamine)
We should create 2 Marketing campaigns:
1. Bottom-up ( attract audience)
2. Top-down ( attract creators)
Things are moving in the right direction, we are just craving for speedy mass adoption.
I agree with point #2 - non-tech content
Not sure not everyone gets this. Nostr by itself is great, Bitcoin is what makes it amazing.
Openness + Convergence. By “convergence”, I mean a
trusted identifier that you can freely post, pay and prove with.
Implementing NIP-05 gave me that simple vision and I am going down that very path as part of SEC-02 with @Sovereign Engineering
@miljan if "openness is the long-term killer feature", then why isn't @primal allowing 3rd party Lightning wallets for sending zaps? We're currently locked into using your own proprietary wallet.
@damus allows users to use any other wallet they want.
We do allow it - on Android. NWC is not available on Primal for iOS due to Apple's restrictions. 😕
But I'm not referring only to non-custodial wallets. Maybe I'd like to use Strike as my main lightning wallet.
That's why it's important to be able to initiate payments from Primal, but perform the actual transaction through a separate wallet.
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