if you have a few minutes to spare, take a look at this video of an over-simplified mockup and tell me if it would be 'hard' to get on board for a newb. i think if anything it would be so easy that they wouldn't understand it's real money; they'd see it like video game points:
The live #catallax "reference client" is feature-rich, but confusing and a bit janky. This "clickable mockup" goes entirely in the other direction: be confusingly **simple** and show off just a few things that may not be surprising to veteran nostriches while going over the head of normies:
https://catallax.network/mockup
I'm finding myself in a strange valley where experienced users are frustrated by the lack of a polished client, newer nostriches have no idea what I'm describing or how it would work, and utter normies with no nostr/bitcoin experience don't even believe that this is possible.
I don't usually do this kind of thing, but I recorded a video walking through it. let your imagination fill in some of the glossed-over details and take a moment to appreciate this:
- Permissionlessly generate a pseudonymous account with an ecash wallet automatically available in a normal web browser with nothing to install
- do some real PoW and get paid real money
- spend the real money on real things.
All without anyone knowing who you are....
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