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by stonogo 1297 days ago
What does "built by builders" mean?
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Crypto people talk like this to distinguish real projects from ones that were purchased off the shelf and launched by marketers/hustlers. I’m guessing the guy who wrote this is a crypto person who doesn’t realize the slang is so local.
Guilty >_>

It feels nice when a protocol has its core devs on the same wavelength as application devs. That's the feeling I get with nostr.

Even if you bought something off the shelf, it was still built by someone (presumably “builders”), even if that someone isn’t you.
True!