most public comms will be broadcast using nostr - it is the ideal protocol
- cryptographically signed censorship resistant messages easily broadcasted globally
adoption will happen gradually then suddenly
Discussion
True, Nostr has real potential! One day it will suddenly be everywhere.
Governments and news agencies will never do this. An unalterable record is the opposite of what they want. Remember, we have always been at war with Eastasia.
True.
Though the only thing that worries me about Nostr as a protocol is that how the relays will handle so much data load when 1 millon people starts using it. (FB routes 1 billion+ people's data)
There needs to be more adoption of relay (with help of clients) owners who start to run ads etc. to atleast break even on their hosting cost.
This is true. People are more busy donating to clients. Since Damus/Apple Zaps thing we have seen donations drop over 90% for July.
I don't think donations can build a sustainable model atleast for relays. Neither paid relays. Most want to use it for free.
Ads or promoted posts is the solution.
There needs to be a business view to it. Someone needs to build out an ad supported version of relay where the users have to see some ads.
Maybe bitcoin companies can be the first advertisers to push this forward. By paying some relay owners to run ads.
Once big corporations sees that running relay actually makes them money, that's when all rush to build businesses on top of Nostr starts.
It ensures authenticity and trustworthiness. Exciting times lie ahead for Nostr and its role in shaping the future of public communications! 🫂💜
Listening to the bearish case for nostr on nostr:npub1mygerccwqpzyh9pvp6pv44rskv40zutkfs38t0hqhkvnwlhagp6s3psn5p podcast, the guest talking about nostr not really standing a chance against the state in a war time scenario
I wonder if nation-states are actually capable of weaponizing IP and DNS to censor globally
They already do use IP and DNS to track people so it's not a big change to censor. It will be quite difficult to stop with Tor and borderline impossible if i2p gets used and built up.
But how many people even know about any of this? Not enough.
As bot generated content gets better with AI language models and deep fakes it will become more and more necessary for any public facing entity to have a verified pub key to let people know it’s actually them and not a fake… I think this is coming much faster than people realize currently.
Not only that, but proof that the "platform" or one of its employees didn't go rogue and write a message on their behalf. Users retain their keys for signing
Agreed, it will also incentivize people to actually own what they say because you can’t delete it and it’s tied to your identity if you’re choosing to be in the public square. It aligns incentives for people to think more carefully about what they say because they won’t be able to pass it off as an intern if it comes from their pub key.
Hockey stick chart.
" broadcasted globaly " 🤷♂️
I'm working on it hold on a little more..
New nostr user here, why can’t I see comments on any posts?
Is there any project working on decentralized email? I arbitrarily got locked out and suspended from one of the big so-called privacy email platforms and made me realize my (in)access depended on the whims and mercy of one unforgiving helpdesk lady. Definitely need that to be decentralized in the future.
Gradually then more gradually