The most complicated part of nostr for newbies is the wallet aspect of NOSTR.
Besides Primal and Yakihonne. These two have the wallets built in. Primal is one step ahead of the pact because you can buy a certain amount of sats for $5 - $10 or something.
Lets get these wallets usable so newbies can hop right in and enjoy the content instead of biting their nails worrying about their wallets and which one to choose.
Saturday night launch. 🚀
Nostr's UX problem isn't a secret.
30-day retention trends to 0%. Daily active users stuck at ~10k. Posts disappear. Followers vanish when you switch apps. Every app feels like beta software.
I've spent 2+ years arguing that great UX wins. So I designed a meta-study, threw a few hundred dollars at Claude, and put together what the evidence indicates.
tl;dr: Ship working experiences, then add features.
🔗 https://nostr-ux.com
6 critical patterns backed by 100+ citations:
‣ Onboarding, content discovery, core interactions
‣ Performance, progressive complexity, cross-client consistency
‣ Anti-patterns to avoid + validation checklists
I'm not a designer, but I know what good looks like. This is opinionated, evidence-based, and focused on retention.
What am I missing? What did I get wrong?
Send PRs this way: https://github.com/shawnyeager/nostr-ux-research
cc: @Karnage @elsat @npub10000...vwqk
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