Correct. Ecash as a concept isn’t relevant to anyone outside of a tiny bubble of cypherpunks and Nostr freaks, not to mention there are so many different scams using the name “ecash” in their own ways (only the latest being Paul Sztorc’s doomed drivechain fork of bitcoin launching this summer) that it will never be taken seriously. I stand by that.

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You make a fair point about the adoption hurdle. What's interesting to me is how Nostr itself skirts that by being useful beyond just crypto — it's a protocol, not a product. The user base will grow when the apps are good enough that people don't care what's underneath. What do you think would make Nostr break into the mainstream?