Nostr Web Client

Nostr will not prove to be censorship resistant unless relays are operated over an anonymizing network, by anonymous operators.

However a very high bandwidth anonymising network seems not very plausible today.

That relays can be paid and incentivized with high levels of privacy is very helpful but doesn't solve the above.

Constant 8mo ago

What censorship are we resisting here exactly?

And how does that compare the situation/platforms of today?

Dont discount the fact that Nostr might not be turbo ninja enough to your liking with the big wins it does manifest.

Also, i dont see how the 'anonymizing network' helps with anything given the npub is out there in the open as it should be. I sure hope you don't mean to think in the direction of cycling through endless adhoc npubs, because at that stage i think you are missing the whole point of Nostr.

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waxwing 8mo ago

Any entity that can plausibly threaten relay operators with some violent coercion counts as a potential censor. National governments to keep it simple, if you prefer. The npub is out in the open but if the operator only uses it for that, and only operates the relay on an anonymized network, that is not an issue (i am tacitly assuming onion service style, i.e. your network address has some censorship resistance). Of course cycling npubs is not a solution; that's the whole reason I'm writing about relays here, they have to be somewhat permanent to be useful.

idsera 8mo ago

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