Bad marketing for Nostr clients to position as βwallets.β
Being money-obsessed is low-status. And social media is all about status.
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I hold money, call me low-class
Some wallets like @npub1mutn...23vg and @npub1dx5q...88sj are actual wallets first and foremost though. They just make use of the Nostr social graph to make it easy to pay your frens.
Portable identity and interoperability is Nostr's best feature > Zaps
Bad marketing for Nostr clients to position as βwallets.β
Being money-obsessed is low-status. And social media is all about status.
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Nobody here really gives a fuck what social media thinks, stay humble produce value and stack sats...
Primal is the only client I know that has a built in wallet, and marketing this way. Everyone else is commited, with optimism, that new models will work themselves out. 
Explore Nostr Apps
Current has one too. They've had it since before Nostrica.
Great to see #bitcoin OG @npub1n5r9...0ngn getting active on nostr
He moves the needle in tech
Bad marketing for Nostr clients to position as βwallets.β
Being money-obsessed is low-status. And social media is all about status.
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how is your experience of using this app
Love that you're here with pause like this
Lol working on it π«‘
What would you recommend?
Also bad marketing to position Nostr as social media ;)
Very easy to forget the "other stuff" transmitted through relay in the full acronym
why do you say that? the other stuff doesn't work without the social media part I think
Not all clients do that
Which client are you using?
He has a primal wallet, so Primal probably.
Most people are intrigued by #nostr when I tell them itβs cryptography without a coinβ¦ thereβs a purity to that.
Zaps are secondary.
Maybe. But I like to have a custodial wallet. Primal is very convenient.
Some mobile clients are reluctantly taking that route to appease Apple who is trying to enforce their App Store tax on zapping content directly. (This makes Apple the highest margin bitcoin exchange in the world right now.)
Tech leadership needs to help apply pressure on Apple for being on the wrong side of history. If they donβt adjust soon they risk irking the wrong people and risk disruption.
You may call them 'encrypted signing devices'. I find this name helps me understand their true function
(unfortunately, 'encrypted signing decives' is not as catchy as 'wallets')
or maybe lightning wallets might defined differently than an onchain wallet? 'open liquidity channels' or sthing?
"social media is all about status"
We're all plebs on here
Welcome βοΈ
Interesting
I like the guy but he has a long way to go before he understands this tool set.
*laughs in social media
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Interesting. Explore nostr. Its a protocol. To call it social media is to be missing the point or to be early on the curve. Enjoy! Discovery is fun.
He said βnostr clientsβ.
in the old fiat world, it's about credentialism status, but we are entering a new hard money world and it will celebrate proof of work status
Thanks for caring enough to provide this feedback @npub1n5r9...0ngn! Youβre right; our current tagline misses the mark. Planning to change it for the upcoming 2.0 release.
wen 2.0 release?
two weeks
Soonβ’
Sick π€©
I don't think it's bad marketing. Nostr doesn't have a singular use case. I don't understand how it's being money obsessed.
Hi Miljan!
Iβve recently switched over to Primal full-time after Damus updated to a chat-like post format yesterday. Iβm loyal to the classic thread format from old Twitter.
Although, Primal is missing a few fundamental features that are hard to live without⦠features that are vital to the network effect, security, and data discoverability on nostr.
1. The βFollowed byβ discovery feature that Damus & X have, seen in the photo, are so important for a social media with such a small network effect. π When I review a new account, this βFollowed byβ feature lets me see how many mutual acquaintances we have in common. Itβs like a manual Web of Trust. Much easier to confirm real accounts and assess strangers.
2. I should be able to go to your profile, open your list of relays, and tap on the new relays I want to connect to. The relays in the list Iβm already connected to can be present too, but with a different icon beside them, just like on Damus.
Preventing users from being able to discover the relays of people they follow is antithetical to nostrβs philosophy of data portability. We should make moving relays as easy as possible rather than relying on Primalβs giant cache layer.
Will these features be in Primalβs 2.0 version? I hope so. Basic infrastructure. π
βFollowed byβ picture
Thanks for this feedback!
Both of these features are on our to-do list; they will be added to the product before long. Keep the feedback coming!
Great to hear. Good luck! π
Private zaps and profile zaps from Damus donβt register on Primal. 3rd feature request!
Sending a private message with a Zap is the best. π
A rapid money revolution and USD rug pull is not low status
yet you're using Primal, the social wallet, as your nostr client. That's like using Coinbase to store your coins.
what happens when someone goes viral on nostr and transparently get rich infront of the world???
Money is an important part of our social life.
"Social Media" is all about status so these influencoors can get endorsement deals and make money off people indirectly. Better a system where people can directly tip content creators for stuff they like.
NO
is connection. community
as you said
https://x.com/naval/status/1811907894272778274
wallets = IDs
we canβt live in society without money
Wait til you see what @PABLOF7z is building. π°πΏοΈβ‘οΈ
Um. Just to open up a conversation. Don't blame the messenger⦠but says the guy with a post on how to get rich.
What app are you using?
"I've just discovered Nostr, and I'm here to fix it" π€‘
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Funny when people with lots of money preach about not being obsessed with money....then go on to say being 'money-obsessed is low status' when their entire 'status' has been built around making money
Wallet is also not just about money. It holds you ID, driver's license, health insurance card etc...
Sound money is my time and energy stored and available to me anytime to send via Nostr to anyone globally. Nothing low status about that. Nostr is a protocol that enables me to be free among many other things
Low status to me is being on Twitter needing followers to validate your nonsense. Empty legacy BS
Easy talk for a rich rich man.