OUR BOY TONY DROPPED THIS REFLECTION TODAY. WORTH A READ: https://tonygiorgio.com/high-risk-low-reward/
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It's a small club and it's brutal to be in it. Know exactly how he feels.
My rewards are high, i am all over the internet. Next to that networks keep me isolated. Kind of think there stupid. This can't be hidden for long.
Meaningful work is almost always high risk low rewards. Look at what satoshi did with Bitcoin, he did not get meaningfully rich (maybe not), yet he changed the world for good. The same is true for Nostr, a Nostr client will always be infinitely less profitable that Big Tech social media, yet we do it.
Very good. Thanks! 👏🏻
Awesome. I'm happy for Tony and appreciate his insights. I think he's right about how the things that motivate idealists are not the things that motivate the market. The same sort of risk exists in nostr too. If we want either project to matter, we have to grow up and solve the problems that our real users are feeling. This is super hard, because decentralized technology is way harder to get right than centralized technology, and compromises often have to be made along the way.
"I've stepped back from the endless cycle of trying to prove Bitcoin's worth to a world that wasn't asking for it." 💔