John Carvalho (CEO of Synonym, the team behind Pubky) has spent plenty of time bashing Nostr and claiming their protocol is a massive upgrade. But Daniel quietly pulled up the metrics and let the facts do the talking—Pubky’s numbers are sadly low, while Nostr is actively thriving.
Massive respect to pip (nprofile…xrcf) for keeping a clean, spam-free dashboard at npub.world/stats that makes these reality checks possible! 📊🙌
There’s also been a lively discussion on the timeline about Primal and declining app usage. But the bottom line is staring us right in the face: individual clients will always have user cycles, but the underlying Nostr protocol is growing, and real human activity is way up. The foundation is rock solid, and people genuinely want to be here. 📈✨
To be clear, this isn't about changing our current culture or replacing the tech posts we all love. Everyone should always be free to post exactly what they want and feel like. 💬💻It's simply about expanding the room. To make Nostr and Bitcoin mainstream, we just need to build smooth, easy entry points for normal, daily life—meeting people where they are instead of forcing them to navigate complex jargon. 🗺️
Look at the master move by the Cashu (nprofile…cmar) community recently: they added support for almost every local currency directly into the Numo POS app. A merchant can type in their local currency, the app handles the Bitcoin/ecash rails entirely under the hood, and the user just taps to pay. No friction, no math equations, just pure utility. 🥜⚡💶
The energy is buzzing. Let’s keep our core strong while welcoming the rest of the world into our thriving economy!
What local currency feature or app are you most excited to see bridge the gap next? 👇
quotingJust gonna leave this here.
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GN 🌙 PV 🖖
