They are similar but different. IMHO Nostr is much simpler/easy to understand.
Some other differences:
- architecture: freenet is some P@P overlay network, nostr event-driven allowing for real-time easier
-network structure: freenet node is both a client and server. Nostr works with relays. Clients and relays (servers) have different purpose
- protocol: freenet = custom protocol, nostr = JSON over WebSocket
I also don't see how freenet would solve zaps/tipping
Maybe that's the most significant difference: with freenet, you have to run the freenet software and become a client/server. But with nostr, you can just be a WebSocket client, which yes, seems simpler. The disadvantage though, is that Nostr is much more centralized, more censorable, and less private.
Yup. More simple.
I'd love to know how freenet is less centralised, censorable and more private?
In Nostr, people tend to cluster into a relatively concentrated few popular relays. If they don't, they don't see each other and their feeds are quieter. In Freenet, it's one big network. People are not silo'd off from each other in the same way. Being more distributed also means being more censorship resistant. As for privacy, Nostr doesn't even really try to be private. You're broadcasting your IP and your identity to relays all the time. Freenet is private by design.
Mweh.
First nostr is more centralised. Now you're using that as an argument to say it's a bug. Study outbox/smart relay selection and then you wouldn't say people are silo'd off. Been using Nostr for over a year now and have not seen the silo effect you talk about.
IPs are not broadcasted in Nostr. Only the relay knows about the client connecting ip and I'm sure that's the same in freenet. It's how the internet works.
You can be anonymous in Nostr. So there is no identity if you do not want one.
- Seeing people replying to comments that you yourself cannot see.
- Seeing notes loading that never finish loading.
- And then of course there's the notes you just aren't aware that you haven't had access to.
It's more likely that you're unaware of the silo'ing effect than you actually being unaffected by it. That or you're just in the popular relays so you're where most of the people are connected.
