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Sovereign Origin 🥕 1y ago

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nostr:npub1sk7mtp67zy7uex2f3dr5vdjynzpwu9dpc7q4f2c8cpjmguee6eeq56jraw latest pod with John Carvalho was interesting, with him throwing some shade at #nostr, although I didn't grasp the core of his criticism besides

1) it's just a cultural bridge from X mostly focused on #bitcoin

2) it's different than the Synonym products in some ways [that I didn't capture exactly how they are different and why that's worse for nostr]

3) there is some technical debt in nostr [unclear what exactly]

Would appreciate some further insight in how we could build better over in the nostrverse?

Cheers

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Big Bad John 1y ago

1) Was a subtopic of generalizing how different platforms actually express and differentiate.

2) I/we didn't properly detail all of what Pubky is, but the main aspect we discussed is what makes it different, how we use PKARR & PKDNS to establish public-key-based domains, for actual censorship resistance and ability to manage your identity and sub-identities (or "sessions"). I encourage you to check out pubky.org and our code to learn more.

3) Nostr is disinclined to improve their identity situation to do what Pubky will do because it is a breaking change in the key type. So, they say other narratives to deflect from this strict improvement.

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Sovereign Origin 🥕 1y ago

Thanks John, will look into your site to learn more.

Without yet having done so, would a NIP help to start a discussion more formally? I understand it may not be backwards compatible, but I'm not sure if a hard fork this early in Nostr would be unacceptable? Any article detailing the conflicting technical matter from your PoV?

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Big Bad John 1y ago

All of Pubky is our NIP, if you think about it.

For now, we have higher priorities than trying to persuade uninterested Nostr-aligned people to drop it for our vision.

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Sovereign Origin 🥕 1y ago

Interesting viewpoint.

Appreciate the honesty as well.

Keep building!