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@ Anthony Accioly
2025-03-30 15:34:37
One man’s bike-shedding is another man’s priority and life’s work 🤣. I'm more than happy to work on evolutionary improvements while smarter folks like you and fiatjaf lay out the revolutionary next steps forward. I’ll also take your word regarding funding at face value.
My point, though, is that as small as Nostr still feels, Metcalfe’s Law does apply. IMO, building on Nostr’s existing ecosystem has inherent value. But we can also get a lot of value from copying and adapting other people’s homework. Nostr is already trying to solve a lot of hard problems.
My thinking here is essentially... there are ways for solutions based on both Nostr and the torrent ecosystem to complement and interoperate with each other. This doesn’t mean abandoning Nostr or asking others to abandon potentially competing ideas. I’m just saying there are things we can reuse and adapt from the torrent ecosystem right now that could bring some interesting wins at (from a non-expert perspective) low cost and low barrier of entry.
I mean, assuming the stuff in question works and is fit for purpose (according to nostr:nprofile1qqsrhuxx8l9ex335q7he0f09aej04zpazpl0ne2cgukyawd24mayt8gprfmhxue69uhkcmmrdd3x77pwve5kzar2v9nzucm0d5hszxnhwden5te0wpuhyctdd9jzuenfv96x5ctx9e3k7mf0qydhwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnhv4ehgetjde38gcewvdhk6tc4rdlnm above, this may not be the case for IPFS). But, say, Magnet links and BEP-39 feels like solid building blocks to me.
I’m all for quick wins if we can deliver great value to Nostr users today. And syncing my notes and media efficiently feels like a lot of value.