hypothetically, sure. would be amazing to have airlmiles-like private tokens and such... but just feels a ways away. getting ppl on SATs is hard enuf
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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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For a nostr newb, or a normie newb, are two seperate things.
"Upwork, but with Bitcoin". Clever idea.
Obfuscate as much as possible behind the UX... And make it slick. You've done a good job as this.
The layout is simple which is nice. But man. We're all in a tough spot.
All this stuff is complicated and normies only want what's easy. Mass culture is always "lowest common denominator".
The hard part is making it work... E cash mints blow up. Or don't work. Lightning is still unfinished with routing issues. Etc...
The hierarchy is something like...
Compiling FOSS stuff < Developing and coding <
Node running and Mining < Self custody and Nostr < < ETFs < What is Bitcoin < What is Money < Critical Thinking.
Godspeed man.
Saturday night launch. 🚀
Nostr's UX problem isn't a secret.
30-day retention trends to 0%. Daily active users stuck at ~10k. Posts disappear. Followers vanish when you switch apps. Every app feels like beta software.
I've spent 2+ years arguing that great UX wins. So I designed a meta-study, threw a few hundred dollars at Claude, and put together what the evidence indicates.
tl;dr: Ship working experiences, then add features.
🔗 https://nostr-ux.com
6 critical patterns backed by 100+ citations:
‣ Onboarding, content discovery, core interactions
‣ Performance, progressive complexity, cross-client consistency
‣ Anti-patterns to avoid + validation checklists
I'm not a designer, but I know what good looks like. This is opinionated, evidence-based, and focused on retention.
What am I missing? What did I get wrong?
Send PRs this way: https://github.com/shawnyeager/nostr-ux-research
cc: @npub1r0rs...q9ac @npub1zafc...26k5 @npub10000...vwqk
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lol sorry i misread this notification.
i haven't built a production-ready client for catallax, only a few references and demos of the protocol in the hopes that others will build a specific client for their use case.