why nostr is not a blockchain:
in money everyone needs to have access to the global state of the system to ensure no double spends
in publishing such a guarantee is unnecessary (and too expensive to justify the costs)
Discussion
It's wonderful that there is no global state. There doesn't have to be any Toxic Nostr Maximalists. The same people that are toxic with Bitcoin, need not be with Nostr, due to a lack of Global state or consensus, and more experimentation can happen without the absolute paranoia of putting the whole network in jepordy.
Yeah, that experimental feel is why I’m in love 🤌💜🤙
👆this is also why a blockchain is unnecessary in almost everything
yup. needed for money
