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https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/issues/354

Picking JSON serialization rather than a well specified binary serialization was a terrible idea. Satoshi got this right; nostr did not.

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Steveidk 2y ago

I think jaf did this because the average webdev would be scared of binary specs

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Peter Todd 2y ago

The average webdev isn't competent enough to be doing anything crypto related directly. Scaring them off is fine. That's why we build libraries.