Aye, just to make myself 100% clear, I’ve got nothing against Keychat, and I can see how what you’re building would appeal to a lot of folks on Nostr. I’m also very much on board with the model of creating revenue for relay runners instead of, you know, zapping them 100k sats "prizes" to try and create goodwill. I heard nothing but praise from Nostr users towards Keychat so far.
That said, it’s not something I see myself using. Signal covers most of my chat needs. nostr:nprofile1qqs8eseg5zxak2hal8umuaa7laxgxjyll9uhyxp86c522shn9gj8crspz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7qgjwaehxw309ahx7um5wgerztnrdakj7qgkwaehxw309a3x2an09ehx7um5wgcjucm0d5hsvlnggv got me back on IRC (noirc.net), which I’m enjoying for “dev” talk that doesn’t need to be private. If I ever need something truly trustworthy and private, I can always go back to self-hosting an XMPP server within a properly secured self-hosted environment behind a VPN.
Nostr devs as a whole won’t come together anywhere regardless; each will insist on their own NIP-29 or NIP-29ish approach and mostly just refuse to collaborate. So even if you nail the UX, revenue model, and everything else, that’s why I said that from my perspective, as amazing as Keychat can potentially be, given human behaviour, it will likely remain a niche tool for BTC and eCash enthusiasts.
Don’t get me wrong, though. I’m genuinely rooting for your success and for anything that strengthens user privacy in the messenger space. And extra kudos for building a model that properly discourages spam.
