Well I'm not an expert, but the one that immediately sticks out is monetization. Built-in zaps means built-in permissionless monetization. I think that's the big thing Nostr has on every competitor.
More broadly I think because of Nostr's "note-based" architecture it has the possibility of becoming much more than just social media, I.e. projects like Alexandria, decentralized Wiki's, etc.
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Completely agree, but there’s absolutely zero reason an entrepreneurial Bitcoin developer can’t fork one of the several popular open-sourced Bluesky clients and integrate zaps.
In the other direction, there’s no reason a nostr developer can’t integrate the Starter Packs that Bluesky has for user discovery.
try forking a bluesky client and see if you get any traction
How easy is it to integrate Zaps with a federated model? Is the server hosting the zaps now acting as a money transmitter? Do they have an obligation to obey OFAC?
The reason other apps don't deploy zap-like things is Apple and Google policy. Most have the rails.
