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I just asked a collaborator/colleague/friend in Scotland to check out some documentation re: nostr. Wanted to see if she could make sense of it.

She’s a normie like me. Her takeaway:

“But for me, I don't know what a protocol is, so I definitely don't know what an open protocol is, and I don't know what value-for-value publishing means either.”

Whenever I explain a protocol now, I give the analogy of email protocols. Any similar way to say it apart from a full analogy? :)
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Mallory 2y ago

A protocol is a set of rules for devices to communicate with each other. We use multiple protocols everyday barely noticing, like http for webpages or smtp for email.

Is that a helpful explanation?

Anyone feel free to correct me if it’s not correct.

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nobody 2y ago

Helpful for sure!

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Mallory 2y ago

An open protocol is one that is not owned by any particular company or limited to that company’s products.

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Mallory 2y ago

Value-for-value publishing a creator receives value on Nostr, in the form of zaps currently, directly from the person who enjoyed the content.

Hopefully we can fully escape from the ad model. In the long run it should hopefully incentivize the creation of content you want to see.