I'm joined by guests [Jack Dorsey]( https://twitter.com/jack ), [Fiatjaf]( https://twitter.com/fiatjaf ) and [William Casarin]( https://twitter.com/jb55 ) to discuss Nostr 🤙
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Discussion Topics:**
* 00:01:56 What is Nostr?
* 00:03:24 State of development for Nostr
* 00:04:16 What attracted Jack to Nostr?
* 00:06:11 NVKs initial thoughts on Nostr
* 00:07:03 Nostr versus "competitors"
* 00:13:42 The simplicity of the Nostr protocol
* 00:18:00 How does Nostr work?
* 00:21:19 NIPs and maintaining Nostr
* 00:22:50 What is Nostr seeking to solve?
* 00:32:21 Nostr relationship with Bitcoin
* 00:43:10 Nostr use cases
* 01:11:14 Key management
* 01:17:16 Cryptography and encryption
* 01:19:40 Exploring unique use cases
* 01:24:12 Experimenting with new technology
* 01:25:17 Simplicity of Nostr and scaling applications
* 01:28:01 Micro apps and realising creative concpets
* 01:34:03 Scaling up and censorship resistance
* 01:40:03 How does Nostr win?
* 01:56:57 Final thoughts and what people can do to help Nostr
**Links & Contacts:**
* Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
* NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
* Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
* Email: producer@coinkite.com
* Nostr & LN:âš¡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)
_**Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-18/**_