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the nostr protocol is very basic. nostr consists of authentication and sending data to and receiving data from decentralized servers.

when you think about how most of the apps on your phone function, you'll realize that at their basic levels, they just authenticate a user and send data to and receive data from a central server.

the Other Stuff part of the N*OS*TR acronym lives here.

should everything be rebuilt upon nostr? no, probably not. could a large portion of the top 100 apps on your favorite app store be rebuilt with nostr in mind? absolutely.

eventually, we'll reach a critical mass point where developers and entities will want to do this, because when they do, they'll automatically have millions of potential users for their brand new application. this is powerful.

what's one application that you can't live without? could it be rebuilt on nostr? if so, are you willing to pay for it? have you submitted a bounty for it yet over at https://nostrbounties.com ?

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Nice and Kind Vic 2y ago

Wireguard.. I cant live without that and no way could that be rebuilt with nostr.

Clock.. doesnt (shouldnt) be sending data to servers, but possible for storage of lightweight preferences. Id want that to be encrypted.

Assorted apps reading REST based json APIs, some GRPC. These also wouldnt work well via nostr due to protocol bloat. That includes apps like Fountain for podcasts.

On the flip side, apps that need some authentication to identify would benefit by using nostr login vs email addresses or as an option in many cases. But bear in mind, the more data you tie to a single pubkey, the more that is collated about your life and behavioral network usage patterns. So thats a double edged sword

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Derek Ross 2y ago

I can't see why Fountain couldn't? Especially with the new NIP-97 proposal. We'd just need specialized relays to host this data.

We can have multiple pubkeys and use them for different apps. I may not want certain data to be co-mingled with my public profile.

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Nice and Kind Vic 2y ago

Actually yeah I agree on fountain being able to convert to nostr for some of its app content

- boosts

- comments

- prefs ( followed shows, boost and stream settings )

The podcast content itself stays hosted where it is in binary form along with data in RSS feeds

Streaming sats probably wouldnt make sense to route through nostr as it wouldnt add value, and would be bad for relays

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Derek Ross 2y ago

Streaming sats on the backend is probably just a constant stream of invoices being created and paid. These could be Zaps?

I dont mind application preferences being local settings.