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MF_HODL | 1 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 Is it?  How much has Jack donated to Open Sats nostr fund alone?  (I honestly don’t know, but wouldn’t be surprised if it was 10+ Million)
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jb55 | 1 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 nostr needs maybe a couple thousand dollars a month to keep the lights on. Clients already exist and running relays is insanely cheap. Damus will keep working even money runs out. You can’t say the same about bluesky
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semisol | 1 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 The problem is software is not static and cannot be

You need to update it as the userbase scales and the environment changes, if that was not true, we could just not have NostrDB and still use Branle

You also forgot the human cost of operating servers and the gap in user count
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semisol | 1 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I would not believe Nostr is cheaper to operate on a per user basis with little emphasis on cost and performancd optimization and redundant infrastructure.
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matt | 1 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Why not? What’s fundamentally different about Bluesky’s architecture that makes it more expensive to run?
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melvincarvalho | 1 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I think about 56m but about half goes to btc.  I would expect another 21m in march.  Let's see.
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MF_HODL | 1 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 If we’re talking about OpenSats, then I think there are 2 separate funds.  Of course there are some projects that could qualify for BTC and NOSTR, but from what I’ve seen they don’t tend to give e.g Nostr clients grants from the BTC fund.