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So, what are the implication of European privacy regulation on Nostr?

Any relay which has any clients connecting to it from the EU is subject to GDPR

One that seems problematic is GDPR's right to erasure ("right to be forgotten"). As I understand it Nostr cannot really delete posts
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verbiricha 2y ago

https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/09.md nip 9, which most relays support, allows you to delete events.

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⚡️🌱🌙 2y ago

Hmm,

It allows you to request events are deleted, which is subtly different.

Would be interesting if a client only allowed you to connect to relays that met specific criteria, eg support nip-09.

It’s quite possible for a client server to test all the relays it encounters and whitelist the ones that pass unit testing.

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Maybe in the future?