very cool. will try it out!
well, farcaster doesn’t store the whole dataset on the blockchain (it’s more like nostr in that regard) and just the user ids are stored on optimism (an eth L2). but i hear you on your critiques of ethereum PoS!
Nostr is a far more robust protocol than Farcaster.
Here are a few simple metrics:
Github contributers: Farcaster: 20, Nostr: 132
Open Pull requests: Farcaster: 3, Nostr: 199
Social clients: Farcaster: 2 (but really Warpcast has 90%+ of users), Nostr: Too many to count 😂 (https://www.nostrapps.com/)
From a technical standpoint, Farcaster requires a global consensus amounst all hubs (the servers that store the data). This means that in the case of a hostile regeime pressuing a hub operator to remove certain posts, they would be force to complelty fork off of the network. (Global consensus also means that at scale, hub operation will get very expensive and out of reach for all but the largest clients). Nostr on the other hand operates through relays that store and serve posts and events. You can have a small relay that only stores the events from you and your followers, or a larger relay that anyone can write to. There is no "global state" so the network can never be out of consensus, you just query the relays that your friends post to to retreive their events.
And lastly, requiring users to pay a centralized entity to sign up (the cost of which is subject to change on the whim of the founder) is not a free and open protocol.
holy shit this is a strong take! you love to see it. yeah would love to meet up in madeira and talk shop more
wow you even know about the recent farcaster stuff. thoughts on farcaster vs nostr?
Glad that’s what you’re feeling! You are in for such a treat with the stuff you’ll discover!
Have a look at this proof of concept Wikipedia replacement: wikifreedia.xyz
Some background on it: https://highlighter.com/f7z.io/We-can-But-should-we-819l6s
will check it out!
cool that you know about nouns!
I came across nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m's original twitter thread announcing Bluesky and I'm reminded at what a great explanation it is of what Nostr has become.
thanks for sharing this! reading it again after having experienced nostr and with hindsight it’s quite incredible
breaking away from a network you poured time and effort into is hard! but i agree with your sentiment
right on! thanks for the support 🙏
This was nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m's lightbulb moment, realizing that a user can change clients freely and still have access to their full social graph on any app. It opens up endless possibilities for builders and users.
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yeah. quite a profound feeling after being stuck in one digital fiefdom after another for a decade
beautifully put!
happy to have you nostr:npub1jpvsahpy0vgq7gu8nfqjkeskce0gwjk8jpss590xkvjh5xxe4epsruqgsz
hey, friends, reach out and give him a follow. good guy i’ve known for a long time
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it’s truly amazing that we’ve got to this level of UX with just like the simplest building blocks!
nostr the protocol is just relays and signed msgs.
just a few hours on nostr and already hooked
the feeling of *using* freedom tech is exhilarating
we need to get more ppl on here
it’s been 1024 from the start!
on my way to bitcoin atlantis. please dm if you think we should meet!
CTO of Bitwise is now on Nostr. 🤙
Welcome nostr:npub1jpvsahpy0vgq7gu8nfqjkeskce0gwjk8jpss590xkvjh5xxe4epsruqgsz!
thanks for the warm welcome!
primal social wallet thing is honestly very cool. twitter and venmo all in one plus the zaps just super fun