Nostr’s Identity Crisis: When Decentralization Becomes a Liability

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  "content": "📰 **In this week's issue:**\n\nhttps://image.nostr.build/705b6535470bc6798309b5e6131d1f2f4c494d0617a98de8583f23eba6785165.png\n\n📰 **Nostr’s Identity Crisis: When Decentralization Becomes a Liability**\n✍️ by Madrid\n\nMost people think Nostr’s biggest problem is its complexity. It’s not. The real threat isn’t technical—it’s the absence of anyone actually steering the ship. With over 100 clients fragmenting the user base and zero governance to align them, Nostr is quietly becoming quite hard to use and attract new users. Little to no friction is ideal, we are failing at it. Read on and find out my thoughts about it and what can be done.\n\n🔗 https://nostrmag.com/article/w34nostr01\n\n📊 id#713855119",
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