Primal is one of the least functional clients, especially co...

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2026-06-01T10:13:39Z

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there is no deep conspiracy for the motives behind primal we have been trying to increase nostr user growth like everyone else and have been failing ...

Primal is one of the least functional clients, especially considering the resources used to build it. Regardless of that, the real reason we dont have more users is nostr.com which i control, its the landing page for nostr, its where you go googling nostr. We get 1-2m unique views per week who all get scared away. A beautiful industry of solutions hidden behind a shitty landing page. Resources has always been our issue, we spend most of what we have maintaining LNbits, so nostr.com is a second thought. We also didnt want to be seen to be capturing users by hosting a client, but that time has passed, I think its possible to do and still funnel users into wider ecosystem. Its quite remarkable this clear bottleneck isn't more obvious for an industry that had had huge sums invested. Its so obvious. nostr.com should have a team of dedicated devs, focus groups, ux designers, instead its me squeezing in time every now and then. So yeah. Weird.

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