Nostr Web Client

Because nostr is simple and the DID people never figured out how to make their stuff simple.

OTOH nostr is simple because it glosses over a lot of stuff, resulting in a dangerously insecure system. Once nostr is more secure, it'll be a lot less simple. Maybe not as complex as DIDs. Or maybe even more complex as nostr will probably have to figure out how to fix their bad design choices with complex backwards compatible upgrades. We'll see.

Modus 2y ago

I'm glad both are being built. May the best system win.

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Peter Todd 2y ago

It's not that simple. DIDs are just an identity scheme, not a social network. They're not directly competitors. Equally, network effects are huge so there's no reason to expect the best solution to a actually win. Nostr definitely has an unfair advantage over safer systems by the fact that it's shoddy design makes it easier to quickly adopt.

simulx 2y ago

dids suck. they're overly complex and have a privacy model that's totally broken

it depends on people not leaking them

which of course they will and then the privacy is gone

All structured claims and certifications about a public key should be public or you shouldn't structure them

Peter Todd 2y ago

The DID privacy model isn't broken for what we're using it for: nostr is totally public.

simulx 2y ago

nostr needs a simpler json claim/assertion, easily accessible in a browser app, with schnorr sigs, and a extensible set of structured claims/tags and assertions

with dids, anyone you reveal your creds to can leak provable knowledge of your identity.

it makes more sense to make a second identity if you don't want it linked to another one with claims

trusting people won't leak your information is not a security model