I am starting to get the impression that there are a lot of people who are expecting the fish to climb the tree.. I wish I had a better way of stating that but it's the best that comes to mind.

The sauce is still on the stove

I don’t know…the feeling is different here vs xitter, how nostr protocol makes one feel via the algo in other is higher quality. Maybe that better feeling is only appealing to a few folks?

In our opinion, nostr is only just starting to work. Most people don't have time for glitchy apps. They need to just work from the landing page. Being married to Bitcoin only is a decision that is going to slow growth, most people are only just getting comfortable with Bitcoin the investment, not using it as money. But it's those principled decisions that make nostr avoid being overtaken by scammers and keep it strong.

Maybe the problem with nostr: A) solves the problem 90% population don't even care about, therefore only geeks here B) no VC capital to pay influencers to come here and bring their audience

I think B) gets solved by the builders/devs actively focusing on also building a broad audience/community specific to a problem being solved themselves, not just outsourcing that to a happenstance shoutout from someone well known or hoping the app they built gets traction on the merits of the tech alone.

This is humbly for normies (where they are): https://shorter.me/AskAboutBitcoin