[jb55]

Author of damus[1] here. We’ve seen a crazy growth in nostr in the past couple of months. Damus itself sees about 1000 to 10,000 download per week, and we’re up to about 500k to 1mil+ users (hard to get exact numbers on a decentralized network). Exciting times for social networking protocols!

[1] https://damus.io

[JTyQZSnP3cQGa8B]

I like alternatives to big sites but this sentence makes me nervous: "Bitcoin & , the native currency of the internet." Is there a need for this?

[jb55]

Its optional, you don’t need to attach a lightning address to your profile and you will receive no bitcoin for your posts.

[infotogivenm]

I am neutral on cryptocurrencies, but I agree that whenever I see people lumping cryptocurrency and cryptographically-secure messaging together it’s a huge red flag.

The UX for key management should be monstrously different between shitposting and the instantaneous loss of money, for starters.

[hospitalJail]

I'm with you on every crypto except Bitcoin, but nothing about bitcoin should make you nervous.

Its nice you live in a country with a stable currency that doesnt hyperinflate. Not everyone has this luxury. Zimbabwe and Venezuela come to mind.

[throwaway4837]

If you don't like Bitcoin, you could always just get an address and if you get tipped, sell immediately. I don't see how this is any different than an app with "gems" you can buy and re-sell back to the app. Some games like Entropia[0] have a fixed exchange rate with the dollar, allowing you to "cash out" of the game, if holding game currency isn't your thing.

It's just game currency essentially for the social app. When I think about it like that, it makes me less nervous.

[0] https://account.entropiauniverse.com/account/deposits/#:~:te....

[xk_id]

It’s okay, it’s only technology. It’s been around for almost two decades and it’s open source. Nothing to be afraid of. You can conquer your fear through diligent studying. Good luck!

[DJBunnies]

Why does it make you nervous?

[m4lvin]

How does damus relate to nostr? Your landing page does not explain this at all. Is this because already the concepts of (distinguishing) client and network would be considered too technical for your target audience?

[jb55]

I don’t think it’s important to dive into tech details on the damus homepage. Gmail doesn’t attempt to explain the email RFCs when creating an account.

[irusensei]

I love Damus and Nostr. Thanks and please keep up the good work.

[stiltzkin]

Any ETA for Damus on Android?

[fuyuasha]

Damus is great but Amethyst is also great already on Android