Can you post the tweet and the link here? I don’t have the app anymore and it won’t let me visit without signing in it appears.
Discussion
The tweet is from csuwildcat (known nostr hater) and it says "Today we released the foundation of our vision for decentralized, serverless apps, DWeb Nodes. DWNs are personal datastores that store/sync your data across your devices & remote instances. To expand availability, Block, Google, & DIF have launched a free remote DWN, open to all:"
Then it displays this image:
Then csuwildcat continues in a followup tweet:
Unlike public feed protocols, you can build any type of app using DIDs & DWeb Nodes that cover the full range of use cases, from social media, to permissioned document collaboration, to encrypted personal medical data. Get started using the Web5 JS lib:
And he links to these docs: https://developer.tbd.website/docs/web5/build/decentralized-web-nodes/web5-connect/
Finally, he says:
Next up, I will be launching a DWeb app I've been writing that exercises the full range of DWeb capabilities. It's a consumer app I hope devs and average users alike can try to provide us feedback on all aspects of the Web5 platform. Join us in building DWeb apps of your own!
Revolutionary
Having a hard time following the docs for a simple understanding, and I’m curious how this works:
What is your first impression of this and how easy do you think it could be for the average person to run and work a DWN without a web server or port forwarding etc?
I haven't read the docs yet so my only impressions are these:
- csuwildcat is knowledgeable/credible on the topic of decentralization
- he says dwn relays are better than nostr relays for most purposes
- I want to check it out to see if I agree but I am busy right now
What are his problems with nostr?
I am a bad person to ask because I am pro-nostr and am therefore unlikely to understand his criticisms properly. My impression of his opinion, which is probably tinted with my nostr-colored glasses, is that he has two main criticisms:
- nostr's design and usage patterns discourage key rotation/recovery
- nostr has no good methods for creating/storing non-public content
And what do you think about this DWN thing? I’m not sure I understood it
I haven't read the docs yet so my only impressions are these:
- csuwildcat is knowledgeable/credible on the topic of decentralization
- he says dwn relays are better than nostr relays for most purposes
- I want to check it out to see if I agree but I am busy right now