Ask SN: Nostr client vs website \ stacker news ~nostr

pull down to refresh

369 sats \ 10 comments \ @nerd2ninja 8 Jul nostr

Is it possible to build a nostr client that the non-freedom inclined would prefer over a website?

I see people all the time talking about nostr as a better protocol. So why do so many prefer the old protocol with the old problems?

Is the nostr protocol the problem? Or is it possible to create a nostr client that someone who doesn't care about any of your selling points unless it appeals to their impulse might prefer?

view all related items

311 sats \ 2 replies \ @justin_shocknet 22h

Most nostr apps are clients, not websites, and that's the problem.

By clients I mean data is loading directly from relays and being organized on the device/browser locally for display. This is slow, bad UX.

Primal is the least bad because they have indexers to partially pre-load stuff so the client and relay don't do all the work.

The protocol is fine for an open network apps can have automatic user generated content from, it's just that developers are amateurs that don't know anything about architecture.

There's so much to do still to make nostr usable at scale it will make your head spin, and no one is doing it.

17 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 19h

I prefer website like ShockWallet

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @justin_shocknet 19h

I hope to get back to the nostr-social side of things eventually and make something that works, still a lot to do on the wallet/node side though :-\

300 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 23h

So why do so many prefer the old protocol with the old problems?

People don't care about protocols; they care whether a product meets their needs. And the "old protocol with the old problems" does that well enough across the board, including user experience, network size, moderation, etc.

PS: "Decentralized" is not a need; it's just a means to an end, and it doesn't necessarily achieve that end. So people don't care about decentralization itself; they care about what it gives them. In the case of bitcoin, that's censorship resistance.

71 sats \ 0 replies \ @TheWildHustle 20h

I'm building a nostr cardio app similar to nike run club or strava.

We have bitcoin rewards for streaks, teams, competitions and blossom/wavlake integrations for music.

In a lot of ways I think its already better than its legacy counterparts, I plan on obfuscating a lot of the nostr stuff so that people barely know they're using nostr at all.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 19h

I prefer website

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Msd0457890 20h

Since I discovered Nostr as a social platform for interaction on different topics and focused on Bitcoin, I have had a very good experience with it, currently using the Primal and Amethis clients.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @d680ecaa8e 22h

Spent hours to understand nostr technology, I think coinos is better from nostr because there is technical part. More practical for web payment and even for mobile I open from brave browser and scan qr code on PC. Some wallets goes to nostr payment or blink needs special conf.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @bitcoingecko 23h

I have found the Primal app the easiest to use even though it might not be the best one. I would be excited to try any new app website that is built on the nostr protocol.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @HighOfLot 16h outlawed

stackers have outlawed this. turn on wild west mode in your /settings to see outlawed content.