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Re:Nostr: A Decentralized Messaging Protocol by Brighthurst on Friday September 01, 2023 @12:18PM (#37352756)
I'd like to point out that the apparent "crypto dominance" is mostly due to that group's propensity to be early-adopters of new technology. The apparent crypto spam is actually a good opportunity to squash the bot issue early. Even people "in crypto" hate bots spamming the newest shitcoin.

So while that may put some people off, there is non-crypto related communication, and the "crypto dominance" will decrease over time.

Re:Nostr: A Decentralized Messaging Protocol by xigoi on Friday September 01, 2023 @02:22PM (#37354463)
Still, cryptocurrency is inherently baked into the network due to the “zaps” mechanism.
Re:Nostr: A Decentralized Messaging Protocol by 3np on Saturday September 02, 2023 @07:52PM (#37366476)
NIP-57 is optional. It's implemented by clients using that functionality but not required per se.

The same goes for NIP-52 [Calendar Events] and NIP-99 [Classified Listings]. Neither of those are "inherently baked into the network".