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marcan0
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👨‍💻 Engineer @ opennode.com 🎙️ Co-Host https://keypair.fm 🤌 Host of Jersey Shore Bitcoin Meetup

Being immortal would be so dope. I’d definitely live like an elf.

Act all high class.

Be young and hot forever.

Keep to yourself.

Chill with nature.

Fuck with magic.

Not many people can handle the American fame 😂

Replying to Avatar roya ୨୧

https://youtu.be/i8yqk6VK34U nostr:note1luw8ls6mhnd2auphsyl3zjnqlg6qu0m0egv4sydq0r5suzh9ke9sna0dk7

That’s a pretty building! :(

When we figure out this spam issue I'm really gonna miss reply guy

Replying to Avatar b0b

The Nostr protocol is amazing. I love learning about it every day, and it's inspiring to see all the developer activity in this ecosystem. I believe it has a real shot at bringing us closer to a more decentralized internet. However, it won't solve all problems. That's why I decided to write a short post about what Nostr does and doesn't do.

### Attacks from Governments

When Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was arrested in August 2024, many said that couldn't happen on Nostr. They're right — no Nostr CEO will ever be arrested, as long as there is no Nostr CEO (ok, maybe [Derek Ross](nostr:nprofile1qyghwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnhd9hx2tcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz9mhwden5te0wfjkccte9ehx7um5wghxyctwvshsqgplwuxkt5a8vj5utj6s8tsj8e3wcavc45p4mqmw92qs7wrh5azmys7x8wtu)).

Nostr's strength lies in its decentralized nature, making it difficult to shut down. Anyone can run relays and create notes, which creates a regulatory hydra that is nearly impossible to kill. However, individual users can still be identified and shut down if they don't carefully protect their IP addresses and dissociate from their real identities.

### Social Media Ills

Another misconception about Nostr is that it will solve all of social media's problems. Will it? In his [manifesto](https://fiatjaf.com/nostr.html), Fiatjaf identified many issues with the current state of social media. Most of them stem from the fact that it is centralized and therefore vulnerable to censorship by big tech and governments. This is true, and Nostr is a solid answer to the problem of centralization and censorship.

However, some argue that social media's problems go beyond censorship. Social envy, addiction, and other issues persist. While I agree that individuals and their communities, rather than governments, are responsible for addressing many of these problems, they are still real issues, and Nostr can't easily fix them.

### Bots

Bots are a major issue on social media, especially on Crypto Twitter, where scams often aim to drain user wallets. Nostr also has bots and a [spam problem](nostr:note1cdt3mqlh3y3kdzt6c2tqqs68wffw60tchv4efev9znmkqnzavn5qxv8wz2). It's incredibly easy to create an npub/nsec key pair, allowing for the quick creation of bot armies that post kind 1 notes and other information. So, Nostr is not, nor will it be, free of bots.

However, Nostr has a few valuable tools at its disposal to reign them in: WoT scores, Zaps, and Filters. Let's see how these tools will be used to tackle this problem.

### Society

While Pavel Durov's arrest caused an outcry among Nostriches, many commentators said, "Well, that's what you get if you don't censor." I think the need for free speech is still poorly understood and not recognized as a core pillar of free societies. As long as people don't see the importance of uncensored free speech, they will struggle to understand the benefits of Nostr.

Nostr can't fix that, but it can be a bastion of free speech for those who value it and help ignite a fire of free discourse that others can join once they recognize the need.

Great points, man. Nostr may fix some technical problems... but people are still people!

They make a lot of money charging $99/month

I use hey.com for that exact purpose. You have to screen email addresses in or out of your inbox the first time they contact you. Helps make sure that the only emails that hit your receive are from people you know and trust.

Is there a #nostr app that cross posts my content to X? I want to be active on X without having to ever look at X.

This has happened to me a number of times on the small VPSs I run web apps on.

Usually logs!

Bookmarking this for future issues.

Oh my god i forgot about xiao long bao! Have you eaten any of those tasty soup dumplings?

I think I need to go back…

Oh shit I forgot about those tasty pineapple cakes. Get any of those?

You get any of that yummy beef noodle soup?

Replying to Avatar Zach⚡️

This is so evergreen it hurts