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Some group deciding that “this is the official standard” is not the way Nostr works.

Ostensibly, “anybody can implement Nostr in any way at any time”. In practice, however, Nostr DOES have a centralized NIP repo that MOST people respects as the defacto standard.

Maybe we’re not ready for a decentralized KB architecture, but this proposal IS in the spirit of Nostr.
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semisol 1y ago

In the end, there needs to be a centralized standards repo. It can contain garbage that no one uses, but there needs to be one.

The BIPs repo for example, it is mostly impartial, and there’s lots of crappy proposals in there. But there’s also things like SegWit.

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ManiMe 1y ago

You’re probably right. In practice, centralization is how order is maintained. But it’s not easy to say “you’ve had your fun. decentralization ends here.” without coming across as an elite with “special” powers.