[LINK] NOSTR

[Kim Holburn]

What is Nostr?

Nostr stands for “Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays”. Like HTTP or TCP-IP, Nostr is a protocol; an open standard upon 
which anyone can build. Nostr itself is not an app or service that you sign up for.

Nostr is designed for simplicity and enables censorship-resistant and globally decentralized publishing on the web. Let’s unpack 
that a little:
Simple

The protocol is based on very simple & flexible Event objects (which are passed around as plain JSON) and uses standard public-key 
cryptography for keys & signing. This makes it easy to run relays and build clients and ensures that the protocol can be extended 
over time.
Resilient

Because Nostr doesn’t rely on a small number of trusted servers for moving or storing data, it’s very resilient. The protocol 
assumes that relays will disappear and allows users to connect & publish to an arbitrary number of relays that they can change over 
time.
Verifiable

Because Nostr accounts are based on public-key cryptography it’s easy to verify messages were really sent by the user in question.


https://nostr.how/en/get-started


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIccRIEr2gQ


Looks interesting but I have to ask here "are we the baddies? To make censorship resistant protocol, is it a good idea?

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/09/05/techdirt-podcast-episode-364-thinking-about-decentralization/


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