Nostr doesn't have a protocol problem. It has a people problem. We've built clients, chats, communities, marketplaces, and streaming apps that often don't talk to each other. The result? 1,000 users spread across 100 different places experience a network that feels empty. New users don't want to learn about relays, NIPs, and client differences. They want to join, find people, and start interacting. Instead of building more islands, let's build a shared "Nostr Core Experience": β€’ A minimum interoperability standard for clients, communities, chats, marketplaces, and streaming apps β€’ Identity, profiles, contacts, notifications, and messages available everywhere β€’ Shared discovery of people, content, and communities β€’ A unified onboarding experience β€’ Public certification for projects that follow these standards The next breakthrough for Nostr isn't a new protocol. It's making one network feel like one network. Otherwise, we risk building the freest network in the world... while making it harder and harder for people to find each other. Thank you so much for reading this far. πŸ™πŸ«‚πŸŽ¨

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Trust the process 🌸 I think this is necessary to explore all the ideas and concepts. Once things are starting to feel right hopefully we will come together πŸ«‚
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Dharmadeva 3 weeks ago
Thank you. For me, this an update on where Nostr is currently at… I joined a year ago, but haven’t felt much of connection. Maybe this is the beginning of participating more.
no but maybe it's fun, like BoltCanvas except that if it's not yours you can't modify it or you don't know where to modify it
Well written and I agree! I was thinking a very similar thing recently. We need clients that support a core set of functionality, and refine that functionality so that it works really well across clients.
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Genghis Sean 3 weeks ago
Which desktop clients? I'm new to nostr and looking for a good desktop client on Linux. I'd be happy to file bug reports, but have yet to find a client that works enough to be usable.
Sounds like you want another Facebook or Twitter. Because all the things you listed as disadvantages are actually the consequence of a free decentralized network. It be rough around the edges, there will be a lot of experimental stuff and you will have to put in some work to make it feel good. Because most devs won't give up the sovereignty aspect of this protocol. And this comes at the price of making your hands dirty. Most people are not ready for that. And that's ok. That's part of the experience.
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