Mmm, I see.. so the difference between Nostr and other things is that Nostr is a protocol and other things are software/apps/platforms? Do I get it right?

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no...? Fediverse is just a nickname for things running on the ActivityPub protocol...

Matter of fact, I think Nostr only exists because someone saw the way ActivityPub puts servers ahead of the users and decided that it wasn't a good way to do things so they made Nostr.🤷‍♂️

Yeah I can't say ActivityPub hasn't influenced Nostr, but it wasn't a conscious influence at any point if I remember correctly. BitTorrent trackers, SSB and nostr:npub1c878wu04lfqcl5avfy3p5x83ndpvedaxv0dg7pxthakq3jqdyzcs2n8avm's Diagon Alley were more of a direct influence.

But there are some similarities indeed, and if one wants to use Nostr like ActitivyPub they can easily associate themselves with a community relay, let the relay hold their keys on their behalf and go from there. Ditto is another approach that's close to this.