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But…

It is foolish how he thought Telegram could indefinitely operate a network without default E2E encryption and not play ball with regimes.

I see the same sort of presumption from Nostr devs/proponents ignoring the core architectural problem of needing relays.

Probably an unpopular opinion but it has to be said. Relays will be the death of Nostr but it’s not too late to fix it. The protocol is still in its infancy.
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david 1y ago

Bitcoin isn’t perfect. Imperfect privacy, too expensive, too slow, all that. But I’d argue that layers 2 and higher allow us to improve gradually, maybe even to approach perfection asymptotically. It’s beautiful to see and I feel privileged to watch it getting built before my eyes in real time. 🙏🏼

Nostr isn’t perfect. But I see it as the best playground to get web of trust to work, after over three decades (since the advent of PGP) of abysmal failure. Once we’ve discovered the WoT-equivalent of the difficulty adjustment, we’ll be on our way. 🚀

#WoT

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david 1y ago

On the topic of relays, for example. Imagine if your web of trust could inform you in near-real time which relays are good to use in what context, which are compromised in any one of a variety of ways, etc.

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ede3d957... 1y ago

If Nostr doesn't improve its resilience there will be a fork at some time.

The price of using Bitcoin (danger to persobal freedom) instead of Monero gets higher every year.

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david 1y ago

You can’t really “fork” nostr. Not like you can fork bitcoin.

I guess you could say there are lots of “forks” already, with different people experimenting with different NIPs. But guess what? They’re still (mostly) interoperable. Unlike something like bluesky, which is more like bitcoin. Change one tiny detail and you have to build your userbase from scratch. No interoperability whatsoever.

This is one of nostr’s greatest strengths.