Have you considered that it might be time to throw in the towel on Nostr 1.0 and start looking towards Nostr 2.0? An outright refresh? I think the protocol is too paralysed to be able to implement these recommendations in any serious way. It's been 2 years to remove NIP4 DMs, which everyone agrees are bad (and critically insecure to boot). If something that everyone agrees is bad, and has agreed as such for two years, takes this much work to be rid of (and is STILL here) then what hope for the things you're proposing? There's just no mechanism, and no mechanism to make a mechanism. And the proof is in the numbers. They are flat for 2 years at 10k, as you point out, and they will likely drop overall this year. And that's *with* all the work that's gone in. And there's no reason to think 2026 and 2027 will be different. Many hopes seem pinned on some Deus ex machina, but there are no signs what that Deus ex machina might be. I think some thoughts on what Nostr 2.0 could look like would the best thing at this stage.