Anyone built a reddit replacement on nostr yet?

It's doubly sad that we're the network of Bitcoiners and we don't even have any relevant Bitcoin discussion? Or do we?

Not saying X has anything relevant either, but I imagine many Bitcoiners are still discussing their useless covenants there every day like they were doing 4 years ago.

Summoning all the Rosses 😂

GM my friend. 🖖

Vibe coding is all or nothing. You can't vibe to get most of the way and then hire a dev to fix the last 5%. The dev will rewrite everything. You must get the AI to fix it its own stuff all the way to the final product.

Hint: the more you can break into multiple products/apps/sites that just talk to one another, the easier it gets.

Vibe coding is made for Nostr's micro apps.

Trust is a problem not solved by computer science.

We need a way to authenticate to private tailscale networks using some kind of zero knowledge proof that "the npub associated with this request has a web-of-trust (e.g. vertex dvm) score > N" without divulging the npub.

Nostr native, private networks.

Ecash mints your friends can use which are invisible for anyone else. etc

its my main way to find stuff now. so good. profile search soon(tm)

Self-Validating Data and How Nostr Signed Events Fit the Model

Self-validating data is information that carries intrinsic proof of its authenticity and integrity, eliminating the need for external validation from a central authority. This approach enhances security, reduces reliance on intermediaries, and improves data portability across different systems.

What is Self-Validating Data?

Self-validating data includes built-in mechanisms to confirm its correctness without requiring external verification. Key properties of self-validating data include:

1. Cryptographic Signatures – The data includes a signature that can be independently verified against a known public key.

2. Tamper Resistance – Any modification to the data invalidates the signature, making alterations detectable.

3. Decentralized Verification – Anyone with the necessary cryptographic tools can validate the data, rather than relying on a central authority.

Examples of self-validating data include signed blockchain transactions, cryptographic proofs, and digital signatures on documents.

Nostr Signed Events as Self-Validating Data

Nostr (Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays) is a decentralized protocol designed for censorship-resistant communication. At its core, Nostr uses signed events, which fit the model of self-validating data perfectly. Here’s how:

1. Every Event is Signed – Each message or event in Nostr is signed by the sender using their private key. The signature ensures that the message genuinely comes from the claimed author.

2. Public Key Verification – Anyone can use the sender’s public key to verify the signature. If the signature is valid, it confirms that the data has not been tampered with.

3. Tamper Detection – If any part of the event (such as the content or timestamp) is altered, the signature becomes invalid. This makes forgery and modification impossible without the sender’s private key.

4. Decentralized Validation – Since signatures can be verified independently by any participant in the network, no centralized authority is required to vouch for the authenticity of events.

Why This Matters

In traditional systems, data validation often depends on third parties, which introduces risks such as fraud, censorship, and single points of failure. Nostr’s signed events remove these risks by ensuring that data authenticity is provable by design. This makes Nostr a powerful tool for decentralized social networks, encrypted messaging, and other applications where trustless verification is crucial.

As more systems adopt self-validating data models, we move toward a world where users can exchange information securely without needing to place trust in intermediaries. Nostr is a strong example of how cryptographic signatures enable this paradigm shift.

In my view, DVMCP is not just MCP; it's MCP implemented over Nostr, which adds some interesting features to the equation, particularly verifiability through cryptographic identities. Until the MCP protocol incorporates something similar into its specification - which I believe is outside its scope - Nostr serves as the perfect fit for it. With this implementation, you now have remote MCP servers that anyone can access over WebSockets, with an added cryptographic layer, and all the composability of Nostr, including payments, discoverability, and more. These two open-source protocols complement each other well. The DVM concept is also an ideal fit for this system, as it already conceives the RPC request/response interaction that MCP relies on

REST

MCPs announcing themselves on Nostr are at least equally powerful!

Imagine a marketplace where anyone could find any kind of MCP they're looking for without having to go through a centralized MCP app store like the one that Anthropic is planning to release.

A DVMCP is an MCP that announces itself on nostr and its price etc.