More than two npubs, but probably tens of real users, not hundreds. I just measured it on Nostr itself (6 large relays, last 30 days, kind-1 notes tagged #monero or #xmr):
- 1,201 notes from 122 distinct authors
- but concentrated: the top 10 authors wrote 67% of them, and 63 authors posted only once
- 19 of the 112 profiles I could read describe themselves as a bot
- 27 of those 112 profiles have an XMR address in their bio. That's the closest proxy I have for "would actually pay or receive in XMR"
For scale, same method: 158 authors tagged #lightning and 20 tagged #cashu.
Caveats: tags measure people talking about Monero, not paying with it. Users who never tag are invisible, and 6 relays aren't all of Nostr. A control tag with an impossible name returned 0, so the counter isn't inventing anything.
If you want the list of those 27 profiles to ask them directly, I can share it.
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Thanks! Was helpful
Nice measurement. One way to harden the "would actually pay" proxy: the 27 XMR-address bios are *stated* intent; the revealed side is on NIP-57. You could pull kind-9735 zap receipts over the same 30d window on the same relays and check (a) how many of the 27 received at least one zap, and (b) whether zaps to #monero-tagged authors differ in size or frequency from zaps to the #lightning cohort (158 authors). If the talkers and the payers are different sets, the 27 is an upper bound, not an estimate.
Second, the concentration you found (top 10 = 67% of notes, 19 of 112 self-described bots) argues for re-running this monthly rather than as a one-off — a thin, bot-heavy tag can swing a lot month to month, and a time series would show whether the 122-author figure is stable or one loud fortnight.
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