It’s not actually #REST, it’s the API that’s part of the problem. With an API model you have to depend on an endpoint with stuff happening behind the API that you can’t access. With the event model, it’s all out on relays.
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OK, but REST APIs can also give you events, then you're not centrally tied to the domain.
I guess for #nostr it’s an signed-event-first model. That’s the innovation IMHO
Yes, that's the part that scales.
Thanks. It’s these types of exchanges that really clarify my thinking. I am really trying to zero in on WTF should I care about #nostr in the face of all those ‘yeah, but the old way is fine.’