laanwj on Nostr: i remember this kind of thing from the early days of bitcoin, people have real ...

i remember this kind of thing from the early days of bitcoin, people have real difficulty coping with a system where there's no company and organization in charge, or directly profiting from use

at some level many people just *can't* understand it, which means Bitcoin Core was a convenient target for all nasty complaints

one of the most persistent, hard issues was fighting scope creep in Bitcoin Core (and in the consensus code); yes, that you can do something with bitcoin doesn't mean it all has to be in that software, the onus of decentralization is to create an ecosystem, where everyone does their part, but no part is critical
(and a project with everything is unmaintainable anyhow; there's the tendency to push the burden on a few people, a kind of Omelas effect)

and the relentless nagging for me to be "more like a dictator" (remember Mike Hearn)... sigh, no that's not the kind of thing we're trying to do here: create a decentralized financial system, not a weird new government. the reason BSV appealed to quite a few people is that it had a central dictator, even if clearly a scam

eventually, things fell in their place, though even in bitcoin it's a continuing struggle... really want something to be done? great, take initiative yourself, help out one of the projects in some way or get people to help

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It's weird to see external people that are aligned with Nostr's goals and even the overall design to complain about petty bugs or small details -- well, even big issues.

"Oh, I like the idea of Nostr, but it's so bad because I tried a random client and the search button doesn't work, therefore I will assert that Nostr is retarded and will never succeed."

The thing is: to whom are you complaining? Nostr isn't an organization trying to sell you anything, and if you are aligned with the goals then that supposed "Nostr problem" is also your problem so start trying to solve it. Or maybe you have a better alternative?, otherwise the tone of the complaint doesn't make sense.