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See how NOSTR has the power to fix our broken social media landscape.
Link below šš¼ https://nostr.build/av/7171b28afe3d6d05b338c45091551f45ec711f8ad8513e3467096db79c69b78a.mov
Loved every second of it. That nostalgia for the older, more open internet, hits right in the feels!
Fantastic production and amazing value for the times we're living in. Watch this, share this, and zap the author!! nostr:npub1lelkh3hhxw9hdwlcpk6q9t0xt9f7yze0y0nxazvzqjmre3p98x3sthkvyz
#nostr #grownostr
First time I see my #Jellyfin #Storage actually increase as I add stuff - Switching from #x264 to #AV1 preferred over #x265 is great. Single #media file? Not much difference maybe (few GBs). But when you're talking TBs of #data, it really adds up.
I agree, and is why I suggested the crux of nostr's decentralisation potential is exactly that - It doesn't need Bitcoin's level of decentralisation, and yet might get close.
Even though you don't need it, the more decentralised it is, the more resistant it is to censorship, and the more powerful personal data sovereignty becomes - There is no real disadvantage here.
You're right in that Mastodon's level of decentralisation is likely to be sufficient for #nostr (which it has already surpassed) - The issue between the two though isn't the level of #decentralisation, but rather the level of data sovereignty, as you suggest.
I ran a #Mastodon server, and saw the problems right away - Unless you run your own server, you have no real data sovereignty.
Compare that to simply keeping hold of a private key (that can be kept or potentially even remembered) that can be connected to any relay at any point in time to pull back your info - Much closer to Bitcoin's way of doing things. Your data isn't in that private key, it's unlocked by it, and lives privately amongst an ever-increasing number of global nodes.
I think as a protocol, nostr already hits all the boxes - At this time it's about building the applications and experiences people want on top of it. The network effect has been clear in just a few months.
This is how it's done!
This is how it starts.
This is how it happens.
Spin up those #nodes people!
And heck, spin up those #nostr #relays while you're at it!
#grownostr
To make it easier to backup and replicate, I moved my setup off a pi into an LXC running under proxmox.
Pi was a great start though.
What worries me is the fact that simplex is VC-backed. That comes with a ton of pressures and one commitment - profit. You can't stay ethical if profit is a focus and one has a board to answer to.
It being open-source isn't a silver-bullet either, I can only imagine, if the time comes, when a fork is necessary and the amount of friction that'll cause for both users as well as server self-hosters.
That's where the distinctions lie - Applications vs Protocols.
I think protocol interoperability is a stretch-goal once at least two such protocols stabilise their respectively, sufficiently, large userbases and have sufficiently different things to offer - The reason I don't expect this to happen (at least not anytime soon) is because developers will eventually go where the incentives are better for them and will build there, making "jumping ship for a different experience" moot, because it'll likely already be there.
As for whether it'll be #nostr, that remains to be seen. But I believe out of the current such protocols, it has the best chance.
It's a well known fact that Bitcoiners have made nostr their home. #Bitcoin is the most decentralised protocol network on the planet, and that was a happy accident, it won't happen again. Given this, most Bitcoin enthusiasts are likely to run a Bitcoin node and will eventually encounter nostr. If one runs a Bitcoin #node, and knows about nostr, they'll also be more likely to running a nostr #relay. The crux is nostr doesn't require that level of decentralisation simply due to a lack of trust necessary against relays in the first place, and yet (perhaps ironically) has the best chance of reaching it. Which in this case won't be an accident.
Community creation over at Satellite.Earth & Zapddit is exploding!
Setting the groundwork for awesome onboarding gateways for new users in the #RedditExodus.
Given I'll never have to choose between the two (or more that show up), and neither will you, #nostr just wins.
#Grownostr #SatelliteEarth #Zapddit
I've been looking at https://zapddit.com and quite enjoying the potential it has. #Zapddit
I also recently found https://satellite.earth #SatelliteEarth.
The potential is huge.
On Nostr, we have different apps giving unique experiences, and then we have apps providing familiar ones - The user never loses, stick to whichever you prefer, and I'll see you there, even if I prefer another, we'll still communicate regardless.
#GrowNostr
Or https://satellite.earth also š
Can start one on Zapddit.com.
It's the Nostr network, all the same content and users, but delivers the experience in a more discussion-based format.
This looks gooooood...
Dunno if it's been mentioned, but observation (I'm not a UX designer, so apologies for the terms used):
On the last pane to the right, if the purple vertical line delimits where panels extend, and the purple button is used to pull that, it would be great to have the button itself be freely moved by the user up or down.
When I first looked at this the first thing I thought to do was resize the panels as I see fit, followed by pulling the purple button all the way down - This way I always know where it is, when I need it, but it's not in the way either.
I suppose there's an upside to #Meta releasing #Threads - As much as it is about pulling the #Twitter userbase, they may also end up further fragmenting their own userbase.
They're doing something right though - Same identity, same ecosystem, different experiences. But as we know, open networks always win. #Nostr is doing the same, but on an open network.
We'll eventually reach the point of asking "Okay, but why Threads or #Facebook, and not [Insert Nostr App Here that offers a similar experience]?", considering you retain a singular identity, but the rate at which open networks are able to produce and improve experiences becomes much faster than closed networks.
If you ever need to jump-boat from a Nostr app, your followers, userbase, content, identity, all follow you seamlessly. Try doing that when going from Twitter to Facebook or vice-versa.
To add to the above, nostr:npub1c0mpgcqpvffz4wmd0cmx8dzxtm9fukyz5yugx0n73fzzptlusnfqrns0qs
Unfortunately right now the easiest, most frictionless way of *receiving* Zaps on Nostr is via custodial wallets.
Refer here for a table on current adoption status:
https://github.com/andrerfneves/lightning-address
Personally I send via Phoenix and I've made a WoS strictly-receiving wallet, and redirect my personal domain to the one provided to me by WoS, there are some good guides out there on how to do this if you're looking for something a little more personal (as a quick overview for anyone wondering, host a web proxy and redirect the personal user@domain to the one provided by WoS via a .well-known direction)
Good point! They're seperate entities but overlap in some topics - Indeed, IPs are IANA's domain.
Okay, here's a question..
Is it possible to quote on #Snort?
I can boost..
And I can quote OR boost via #Amethyst, but can't quite find the quote option on Snort.
#Nostr.
Welcome!
This is the way.
If you're unhappy with a platformand have recognised the recurring issues, don't just jump-boat - Actually look at the issues and what alternatives solve them, and with what trade-offs.
Nostr has everything going for it when looks at through the lens of hindsight and lessons learned from other platfom failures.
And get a lightning wallet so we can ā” zap ā” you!
I don't think that's accurate. If a centralised service deems it so, you may not only lose your IP provided by ICANN, but you'll lose your entire history of content on said platform and your digital identity.
Whereas if you take as many dependencies out of the equation and decentralise, you can reliably keep your content, and your identity. Your domain name? Use another one (we've seen this does work over time and feel do end up using provided mirrors if the platform provides value, ie, TPB and others).
Your IP? Much harder to work around, but who's to say 1. An alternative protocol isn't made in the face of necessity? or 2. You get hold of a "still whitelisted" IP and tunnel it for obfuscation - Again, a la Tor, which isn't perfect at all, and yet helps millions already circumvent authorities when needed.
Either way, I'd prefer to know my content remains somehow accessible, my idenitity remains intact and I at least hold a chance to get back to it and continue to build. Wouldn't you?
I don't think it's so much about obsessing over not being dependant on global authorities, as it is about lessening the amount of dependencies on centralised authorities that historical have or may have exercised a form of absolute power regardless of the people's interest.
If Nostr succeeds with relays hosted by independent ISPs both on ground and via satellite, backed by different forms of energy inflow and its only dependency is the ICANN, that'll be a monumental, historical victory for all the world to witness.