inb4 CB gets a new CEO
note there are trade offs to all of it. I prefer firefox because I think it’s important it survives. chrome generally has the latest stuff and least bugs but market share has gotten way too big.
📣 Announcing SimpleX Server (https://simplex.chat/) for StartOS, now available on the Start9 Registry 📣
Brought to you by #[0] 👏
TLDR: SimpleX might be the most promising solution to simple, private, decentralized messaging yet!
So far, it does direct messages, group messages, calls, voice messages, and video calls, and everything is e2e-encrypted and can be self-hosted.
Like Nostr, SimpleX is neither P2P nor federated. It uses servers to relay messages. You define which server to use for receiving messages, and your contacts define which server to use for receiving messages. Every conversation is likely to use 2 different servers!
Servers are simple relays adhering to the SMP protocol; they do not store profiles, contacts, or groups, and they only retain messages until they are delivered to clients. Read about the SMP protocol here: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplexmq/blob/stable/protocol/simplex-messaging.md
SimpleX was designed with Tor servers in mind, and since servers do not connect to each other, there are no issues with interoperability: https://simplex.chat/docs/guide/privacy-security.html#using-tor
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awesome! are there any server implementations not written in Haskell?
I feel dumber after reading that
#photostr #grownostr #pnw nostr:note107v48m0wk986k044a8sqf4s2xq66wfps3q0ze3vh8tgttzew3unsvxpssy
gm 🌞🌻 reminder that Apple is still threatening removal of nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955 app...
Deadline they have given is June 27th, hoping their decision is reversed before then!
I've submitted appeal to common sense over https://developer.apple.com/contact/#!/topic/select
If you have Apple Developer account, consider doing the same 🫂
https://nostr.build/av/d83583cb079befd99b256423d801c44326c421874800bd03578407ed651e529c.mp4
done
one property of this approach is spam would be delivered to the client and muted there.
pro: clients like damus show you a comment is muted, so no shadow banning.
con: spam still being delivered
I suppose there is nothing stopping relays from using this mute list to filter out spam entirely. 🤔
shower thought on nostr spam:
app that subscribes to relays for kind:1. builds up a NIP-51 mute list based on heuristic spam detection, manual flagging, etc.
users one-click clone & publish list as their own. potential NIP-26/nsecbunker integration to auto sync mute list.
does it blend?
is there a NIP for mutes/blocks or is it purely client side?
we’ve got a spam problem https://nostr.build/av/78ca24264f94618dd4e318e7006d60c460d32ea5a4c8269ea8af2aed4c840a0f.mov
#runstr #runningnostr 
UPDATE: the withdrawal has finally been processed and made it into block 794781.
thank you nostr:npub1utx00neqgqln72j22kej3ux7803c2k986henvvha4thuwfkper4s7r50e8 and nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx for making some noise, funny how that works.
finally, thank you nostr:npub1fqn4fgzkk8nm2x3wd600n935c9tc7xgg9jhk5dfa0kuvrgvsyv7sgu536l for dealing with this on a Saturday. hopefully this mishap can help improve your product. nostr:note1p3ey9vq8crd240crrpdpl9rd0kach5sfgele5a08jy45exztlarqegtnc0
as for me, moving forward I’ll only be dealing with companies that run their own infrastructure in an effort to minimize counterparty risk.
remember: your cold storage is only useful if the custodians send you your bitcoin in a timely manner.
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