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2026-06-12T18:45:38Z

When a client tries to be everything to everyone, it often ends up not really excelling at anything.

In the Nostr world, this risk is even more evident. A client that wants to be a social network, wallet, marketplace, chat, blog, streaming service, identity manager and a thousand other things all at once can become:

  • complex to understand
  • cumbersome to use
  • difficult to maintain
  • confusing in its purpose.

Users usually arrive with a specific need: to read notes, chat, manage zaps, write articles, follow people. If, to do something simple, they have to navigate through ten features they’ll never use, they often give up.

That’s why many of the most popular products have a clear identity: they do a few things, but they do them well. In an open ecosystem like Nostr, specialisation is often more valuable than a pile of features, because protocols and standards allow different tools to work together without any one of them having to do everything.

Got it, Amethyst? 🤌

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