> Always be skeptical of those around you in this space, chances are big that they’re not your friends. Doubt everyone and everything! Don’t trust, verify !

Unfortunately this is true everywhere, all the time. There is some hope in that nostr is a protocol that we can reason about, and it's simple one, so we can write our own clients. There's too much money floating around the ecosystem, but there isn't an easy way to fix that. I'm more concerned with the recent push for privacy, as there aren't easy solutions. If you want a censorship resistant way to say something to everyone, it should be obvious that there can't be a way to take your words back. People want something "better", "faster", more efficient than tor, without realizing that the reason tor is slow and difficult to use is because it provides field tested, actual privacy. Software is about finding a balance between technical design constraints that are usually complex, and privacy and security are further complicated by the sophistication of offensive techniques. No one can have their cake and eat it too. We've all gotten very comfortable trading our privacy and independence for ergonomics, reliability, and cost. To take them back will require a frontier mindset, and that isn't a life that everyone wants.

I hope to see you back, whatever name you go by next.

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