ποΈβ‘ποΈ I think there's some confusion. Nostr is already establishes connections with HTTPS every time you use a relay. Are you saying you used Nostr as a transport layer for HTTPS? Interesting concept! Can you share more details on how and why this was done?
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Self-signed certs maybe? I think libp2p with nostr keys is more interesting, since the CAs are completely removed in libp2p.
yes, that's what I meant. I'm not the dev of this btw, my skills aren't sufficient for this kind of black magic.
the tool consists of two pieces of software, and entry node and an exit node. the entry node runs locally or can be hosted by many third parties. the entry node offers a socks proxy over which TLS is established with the web service. the exit node is run by the web service.
it all works similar to Tor. you'll be able to visit Google via nostr. you'll be able to connect to cashu mints. the traffic will be encrypted which means the entry and exit nodes won't be able to see it. it's going to be so sick.
forgot to mention: the entry node talks to the exit node via nostr
Sorry but how is this different from Tor?
Relay operators will become like Tor nodes operators and the increased traffic will clog up the network just like it's clogging up Tor.
Then who would want to run a relay for free? Only three letter agencies -- like on Tor.
I think nostr should stick to its original purpose.
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π link to the project?
i built a thing a bit like this a while back https://github.com/indra-labs/indra but i only finished doing the layered cryptography and wrote simulations of relay transport and micro accounts, didn't get to plugging in the LN side and felt that libp2p was going to let us down as regards to scalability