I'd say it's a continuation of the same project that's been going for years. Nostr built on scuttlebutt, pear is building on DHTs and other related technologies.
Listening to your podcast with fitajaf made me think about how pear compares to nostr. I am sure they are different things
But… nostr:npub1h8nk2346qezka5cpm8jjh3yl5j88pf4ly2ptu7s6uu55wcfqy0wq36rpev did a podcast with the pear team few weeks ago and they were making a lot of comparisons of nostr and pear… I know Guy uses Keet a lot
Is it true that nostr and pear are a new decentralized internet attempt?
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Very much so. Maf was working on BitTorrent and basically moved straight into this architecture from there, it just required tons of modular units because it is a full replacement for like 3 or 4 other major protocols of the internet stack.
Oh, I need to learn more about all this, super cool