Yes, this is not a theoretical possibility, but an inevitable move. I expect the NIP for it any day now.
"Relays can publish 'blocklisted' relays (because blacklist is racissss), and other relays can query them."
At that point people just set their relays to query other relays for the untouchable, shunned ones and automatically block them.
Somebody could bang that code out in like half an hour.
Even without that, I find that everyone is "anti-censorship" right up until they find something they REALLY, REALLY hate, and then they want to make an exception "just this once," and at that point there's no "anti-censorship" moral high ground to stand on.
I'm willing to bet the average bitcoinfag here is a lot more okay with censorship than they're willing to admit, even to themselves.
It's all fun and games and "anti-censorship" until the pedophiles roll in. Once that happens, I bet people start innovating pretty quickly.
This looks like the best guide to setting up a relay to start with
https://github.com/BlockChainCaffe/Nostr-Relay-Setup-Guide
But there's not really any mention of configuration or black/whitelisting. Maybe it's in the code, but it's written in tranny Rust and likely way overcomplicated, so I don't really care to delve into it. Maybe there's a Go relay with similar capabilities.
If you want a community, you'd have to whitelist public keys on a given relay. For it to be usable, you'd need an interface that only shows posts from that given relay or set of relays that you like (kind of like home timeline on fedi).
This guy will ensure you NEVER, EVER have a decentralized money system by the people and for the people.
He'll let you have crypto, but it will be on his terms, not yours.
Welcome, most of the people here are bitcoin faggots but a few aren't
This is why I want to be able to switch relay groups, or have a separate tab for a separate set of relays. One set for the general retarded public, another set for people who aren't retarded.
Speaking signal? There is NO signal here. There is just "hey lol I just zapped you and I'm totally not gay hahaha! Look guys, I got a bunch of sats!!"
"Hey Farmer Joe, why don't you just install this app on your phone and sign up for this site, also you're going to get some keys generated, make sure you keep one of these super secret, also you're going to have to report it to the IRS (they're getting another 87,000 agents trained up to come after you if you don't), and if you lose your key you lose all your money, but hey, you can cut out the 3% processing fee!"
Yeah, no doubt the relays and protocols are way, way, way better than ActivityPub. The UIs are kind of trash, but they'll catch up soon enough. The community will follow.
The problem I see is that Nostr doesn't really seem to foster actual communities. I think there should be a way to specify a "primary relay" and have that be shown on all messages so people can form tribes, even if they're still spamming posts to every relay they can find.
Nah, I'm hanging out on Nostr, it's nice here
Give it a couple weeks, see if more people join. If not, no big deal. Most of this crowd are NPCs anyway. Would be cool to get critical mass and get a beachhead established, though.
Yeah, too bad they live in the real world where nobody will ever actually use made-up internet money
Nah cryptocurrency is gay, I'm just here for the memes
That's like 15 cents, just another thousand (+tax) and you can afford a thing of ramen noodles!
