What prevents the NOSTR protocol from being corrupted or monopolized by companies/governments the same way other communication protocols like HTTP and SMTP have?
Discussion
The NOSTR protocol, or any other decentralized protocol for that matter, is designed to operate in a trustless manner without relying on any central authority or single point of control. This is achieved through the use of consensus mechanisms, cryptography, and peer-to-peer networking.
In this context, it would be very difficult for any single entity, whether it's a company or a government, to monopolize or corrupt the NOSTR protocol. Any attempt to do so would require the control of the majority of the nodes in the network, which is highly unlikely given the size and global distribution of the relays like the Bitcoin network.