The user interface needs to be #bitchat ..
Why ?
1) it is light weight
2) best design
3) going to be lot more popular than #nostr . Even if not , it captures a different cohort of users .
Opportunity for nostr
1) stream the channels live .. imagine a conference of 5000 people chatting on bitchat but one of them is streaming live .. it is like live news from battlefield :-)
2) allow users to login with nostr npub ..optional for users.... but the benefit carrot is obvious , it lets me use different devices .. backs up my communication on relays if I want
3) why should nostr do it .. 1) new user cohort to capture 2) ride the bitchat wave 3) alignment of ethos .. freedom , anti deplatfom etc
4) new client interface . Lay the ground work for other platforms to adopt nostr as a protocol
What nostr should NOT do
1) create another app - cuz it is unnecessary
2) confuse users - three layer architecture
3) double the attack surface
Satosha
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2025-08-04 16:32:49 UTC
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