Cypherpunks are the backbone of #bitcoin. Don't get it twisted.

Cypherpunk is someone who uses cryptography and related technologies in a rebellious or anti-establishment way to promote individual privacy and freedom.

The term "cypherpunk" combines the words "cipher" (code or cryptography) and "punk" (anti-authoritarian attitude). Cypherpunks advocate for the use of strong cryptography and decentralized systems to protect individual liberties and challenge state control over communications and transactions.

So a cypherpunk is essentially a tech-savvy individual or activist who leverages cryptography and related tools like encryption, anonymity networks, and decentralized platforms to circumvent censorship, surveillance, and other forms of centralized authority over digital spaces.The underlying philosophy is about using code and math as a form of civil disobedience and empowerment against oppressive systems.

#relaythat #cypherpunk #antiestablishment

I'm not sure I should write down these thoughts right now while I'm not sure about them, but if you are reading this apparently I did.

I think nostr may already be doomed for two reasons. And as a result of that, if I conclude as such, it would make sense to start working on a successor protocol. I've been taking some notes about what we should change if we started over, but that's the extent of it, I'm not working on a successor protocol. I'm only working on nostr. So don't misinterpret this note, which just represents some thoughts I've been having.

Reason one is the misaligned incentives of note copying. The incentives are to copy your notes to every relay you can, blast them out everywhere, to get more reach. That incentive doesn't go away until and unless all the clients do the outbox model. But they don't have an incentive to change, and there are people who don't give a fuck about fixing this and argue against fixing it and argue for note copying, and there is no way in a free society to make them care. So we can never fix this, and nostr will always be centralized in practice and never what it could have been. That means nostr is doomed and unfixable and we should make sure to start differently next time so this doesn't happen again.

Reason two is that the seed culture of nostr was far too monolithic: bitcoiners. What a culture develops into probably depends on how diverse its seed was. It's quite hard to get people onto nostr unless they are at least very bitcoin tolerant. Most people (yes, I think most) are put off by so much bitcoin promotion and related posts. Certainly people can follow anybody they want, and make their own independent cultures, perhaps even on a disjoint set of relays. But this isn't likely to happen due to the law of large numbers - there are far more ways for them to encounter and interact with the nest of bitcoiners then to not encounter and interact with them.

These are thoughts I'm entirely unsure about. Maybe I'm wrong in both cases. These are my worries.

want this info too!!

I am looking for this too

Easiest up-to-date guide for a newbie to set up a #nostr relay?

#asknostr #devstr #relaystr

If you don't know what I'm talking about:

Yes. I can’t find some of my peeps either because of it. And it’s damned irritating too.

Can’t you just limit your selection to just your own relay? Or are you more critiquing the outbox model?

Can’t you just limit your selection to just your own relay? Or are you more critiquing the outbox model?

What’s that you said? You want a TOTAL RECALL QUOTE NOTE GIF EXTRAVAGANZA?!? BUCKLE UP MOTHALICKA nostr:note1cfzys4efzum5ws97uv0snpuluzyz6ldt37luupj89x69cmz6k9zs0zega2

@kingbee Mornin honey 🍯 have a zap ⚡️

The number of people who could make a difference, but are too busy getting sidetracked or scammed, is absolutely astounding.