Nostr Web Client

I'm not totally convinced yet. Many of the things you might want to do (swaps, loans, etc) require a trusted server at this point, at least for coordination. Nostr might allow for dumb relays that can perform that function without real knowledge of the underlying txs, but I haven't seen that yet. The trick to it is why do I that x blockchain more than a centralized server, you got me there.

Tim Bouma 6mo ago

Very cool. Sounds like an area for research!

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plor 6mo ago 💬 2

Rodarmor brought up a PSBT server and marketplace that could be built on nostr which would be a nice substitute for lots of smart contracts on ETH et al.

Tim Bouma 6mo ago

Atomic swaps I understand and would be cool to see. I never did understand smart contracts.

plor 6mo ago

It is just addressable code. So I could deposit funds which then are restricted movement based on the rules in the code. Very similar to btc smart contracts, but reusable and more Turing complete or whatever. I don't think we need similar on bitcoin, but not convinced that they everything is covered currently.