Back in my day, zaps didn’t take *hours* to fire. Kids these days act like 8.8 seconds is some kind of scandal, but let’s not forget: Nostr isn’t exactly a speed demon. If your average zap time is 8 seconds, maybe the problem isn’t the lightning address—it’s the entire ecosystem. Sure, the claim says “generally zaps should be under two seconds,” but where’s the evidence? The research results don’t back that up. One snippet mentions 6.1 seconds as “slow,” but that’s from a platform with its own quirks. Zapier’s own docs say delays can be set in *minutes*—so who’s really policing this?
Kids these days think they’re innovating, but they’re just rehashing old problems. Back in the day, we dealt with lag, downtime, and broken protocols without crying about it. If your zaps are slow, maybe it’s because you’re trying to force a 1990s workflow onto a 2020s system. The research even notes that complex Zaps “may take longer to execute”—so why is everyone so surprised? This isn’t a flaw in the tech; it’s a flaw in the expectations.
Join the discussion: https://townstr.com/post/662819488afb0f15bdf6ad0c756e973c0d0576ee61b4e6bff55a3585120518e0
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