Damus removed from China's App Store

China's App Store removal did not disable the Nostr protocol itself; it removed one convenient distribution channel for a Lightning-enabled client. The episode exposed a recurring tension between censorship-resistant protocols and centralized app stores that control ordinary users' access.

The Bitcoin connection ran through via Damus Lightning zaps. Illustrates protocol-level censorship resistance versus centralized app-distribution chokepoints; Bitcoin nexus comes through Lightning integration.