The reason @Big Bad John hates Nostr is because he's being paid by Tether to develop a competing project. Simple as that. The same goes for the rest of the Twitter influencers, the reason they all hate Nostr is because they're being paid by Elon.
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If nostr were the answer, people like me would be building on it. Ask yourselves who the builders are that aren't choosing nostr, and why. Then ask yourselves what all the people building here have in common. Then compare these groups earnestly. I dont just mean Bitcoiners vs Bluehairsky. I mean their experience, talent, and reputation. I mean the most talented and resourceful people; people that innovate, and have deep expertise. Why aren't they leaving where they are to build here? Examples: Bitcoin Core devs, shitcoin expert devs that really do want to fix things, talented cryptographers, deeply experienced systems/p2p people, experienced entrepreneurs, reputable VCs and funders. The closest I see here are people that got Bitcoin-rich and are now learning how to be angels by naively funding their friends and dead-end startup projects that arent much better than weekend hackathon submissions. A sandbox for playing. Everything worth anything here is a subdivision of Bitcoin culture itself and Bitcoin privilege. Bitcoin is the only provider of talent and resources to Nostr. That worked great to bootstrap from nothing, but now what? Deal with this, and figure out how to be relevant to other people, or Nostr will continue to be nothing more than a perpetual hackathon sandbox subsidized by a Bitcoiner ego-cult.
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Russo 6 months ago
Some bitinfluencers that everyone loves here also are being paid by Tether..
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sati 6 months ago
Lol! Now been paid by a company means is your product is not pure?! Come on! Look at the actual product, the incentive and be honest! Donations for open source can be even more compromising….
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Big Bad John 6 months ago
Oh i already had you muted. Tether has no special interest in making a nostr killer. I went to them 5 years ago, before nostr existed, and asked them to fund my vision for an Atomic Economy, and they thankfully said yes. You can find info this in podcast interviews during all 5 years. Tether has no involvement in our roadmap. Anyway, arent Jack & Odell funding this whole place? View quoted note →
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Big Bad John 6 months ago
Wait til they find out where all the nostr money comes from...
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Big Bad John 6 months ago
Surely if they dig deep enough into me personally, they will find the perfect excuse to not fix Nostr or admit Pubky is better.
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Big Bad John 6 months ago
Because I, and Synonym, publicly announced it every time it was ever appropriate to mention it. Like, since before nostr existed, for example.