Great episode of nostr:npub10atn74wcwh8gahzj3m0cy22fl54tn7wxtkg55spz2e3mpf5hhcrs4602w3 with nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx and nostr:npub176p7sup477k5738qhxx0hk2n0cty2k5je5uvalzvkvwmw4tltmeqw7vgup discussing the most difficult and important open problem in all of freedom tech: web of trust.
I’m glad to see centrality algos like #pagerank (personalized as well as global) make their way into nostr via 3rd party WoT services like nostr:npub1kpt95rv4q3mcz8e4lamwtxq7men6jprf49l7asfac9lnv2gda0lqdknhmz . Do any nostr alternatives run centrality algos? Nope, not yet, not that I’m aware of. nostr:npub13ndpm2hm9hud4azsq5euhf5mv3d05r90wymwxsd7rdn29609hhvqp60svh promises that Pubky will — someday — but I’ll believe it when I see it.
For those who don’t know, PageRank is a simple but extraordinarily powerful centrality algorithm that deserves higher visibility in the nostr ecosystem. It’s how Google eliminated spam from keyword search in 1998. In other words, PageRank launched a trillion dollar company. For calculating WoT over nostr, PageRank is the next step beyond my follows + their follows.
