Nostr Web Client

The core difference between blossom and NIP-96 is the focus on re-uploading files

If we want censorship resistant media then we need to be able to re-uploaded the files to other servers. similar to now nostr events get spread around the network

NIP-96 could support re-uploading files but it isn't currently part of the nip

There is also the difference that NIP-96 has a "/.well-known/nostr/nip96.json" file and customizable endpoints. In my view this is not a feature and makes it much more difficult to work with servers since clients must first fetch a map of the endpoints before they can talk to the server.

Blossom however requires blobs be served from the root of the domain ( example.com/.ext ) while this isn't very friendly to server admins it makes things very simple and easy to understand.

Also searching for a missing blob is a simple as replacing the domain. something a user could easily do ( and understand ) in the browser address bar

There are more smaller differences but in my view these are the major ones

Shawn 1y ago

Why does the path need a “.ext”? The sha256 should be enough, right? Why confuse things with whether it’s a jpg, pdf, gif, etc as part of the path?

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hzrd149 1y ago

Servers should serve the blob with and without the .ext

The .ext is just optional because its useful for clients and users to get an idea what type the blob is without downloading it first. a lot of web apps look for `.png` or `.jpg` on URLs before they show them as images

alex 1y ago

Is there some kind of metadata about the blob in blossom? If not, is it even possible as an extension on the protocol?

It is very useful for clients to understand the data before downloading the actual data. One good example would be image resolution so apps can prepare the layout properly before image is loaded. This helps with performance and cleaner ux.

hzrd149 1y ago

Servers can offer additional metadata on media or any other file type but none of the metadata is synced or stored on other servers.

You could store some metadata in k:1063 events or NIP-94 tags though

Shawn 1y ago

It would be awesome if Blossom would provide that info in the response header. That way apps could make an http request for just the header without downloading the whole thing.