I've been watching for a while now but two things got me over the line. The community of builders here is awesome and worth being a part of if I can figure that out. And second the fundamentals of the platform and what that means for free and open internet. If this place keeps working it's going to be so much faster and more powerful and more resilient than the current mega corporate internet. More like the internet I grew up with. I'm hopeful! 

 Agreed. I'm an old head that was brought up on BBSes and then the advent of the Internet in IRC, Usenet, etc. I get that same nostalgic feeling with nostr. 

 I still think about my BBS days.