Nostr Web Client

Real Nostr clients don't require any servers, they can work completely on the client side.

The fact that we have apps that still work perfectly well but are now inaccessible because a domain name has expired (or whatever) is some bullshit we inherited from the "web" world that we should try to circumvent, not embrace.

There are multiple ways to circumvent these flaws and build true Nostr clients that can't be controlled by anyone, not even by their original author.

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SondreB 4d ago 💬 1

Web apps are just as "real nostr clients" as any other app.

They all requires servers one way or another, and if a relay doesn't update their certificate, no data will flow, no matter if your app is deployed from a centralized corporate approval system (Play Store/App Store), that can wipe your app off the earth by will, or if your app is downloaded from a git repo or web server to be installable, or if it's retrieved using web technology.

There is also a big difference between a client web app and server web app. Any server web app has an online dependency. Any client web app is just like any other native app, just using web tech for rendering.

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fiatjaf 4d ago

I wasn't saying that web clients aren't real Nostr clients at all! After all web clients can run locally and be totally independent of any server (except for some server that may have to initially, once, serve their assets, but that doesn't even have to be a single server).