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Nostr – The final solution to Twitter censorship as an open protocol, not P2P

9 points by fiatjaf 6y ago

fiatjaf 6y ago
I'm trying to get feedback on the idea, because I think it is very simple and can work very good and scale and everything -- but it's so simple I keep wondering why no one ever tried it. But I also have some very basic prototypes in place: https://nostr-client.bigsun.xyz/#/ https://nostr-client.bigsun.xyz/#/ (here's the amazing web client), and two relays running: https://nostr-relay.bigsun.xyz https://nostr-relay.bigsun.xyz and https://vstonks.bigsun.xyz https://vstonks.bigsun.xyz. And here's one profile I just made: https://nostr-client.bigsun.xyz/#/0305886207fc2e8b0c5285119b78ffb89e29d88c5ff6555e03ac255741a564d977 https://nostr-client.bigsun.xyz/#/0305886207fc2e8b0c5285119b...
- flatfilefan 6y ago
  I can’t judge on the protocol specifics but if installing and getting a userid can be as easy as literally pushing one button this can pick up. Currently it looks very slick and thus promising! I like the name. It reminds me of GNU, which is Not UNIX. So nostr is no str, or something ;-) But is compact and not a monstr either.
  - fiatjaf 6y ago
    Naming things is very hard, as the saying goes, this name is turning out to be better than expected now that you uncovered the secret "no str" meaning :)
flatfilefan 6y ago
Just a suggestion on popularizing: There are a few popular people who crosspost to various sites beyond Twitter. Maybe you could find out what solution they use to cross post and write a nostr plug-in. This way nostr could quickly gain the following it deserves.
erikpukinskis 6y ago
I’m sure you didn’t intend anything by it, but you might not want to use the phrase “final solution” in your marketing given that Nazis are a prominent banned-from-Twitter group. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Solution https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Solution
- fiatjaf 6y ago
  Thank you, yes, I didn't know that. It's a shame, because it's such a nice phrase.

9 points by fiatjaf 6y ago

I'm trying to get feedback on the idea, because I think it is very simple and can work very good and scale and everything -- but it's so simple I keep wondering why no one ever tried it. But I also have some very basic prototypes in place: https://nostr-client.bigsun.xyz/#/ https://nostr-client.bigsun.xyz/#/ (here's the amazing web client), and two relays running: https://nostr-relay.bigsun.xyz https://nostr-relay.bigsun.xyz and https://vstonks.bigsun.xyz https://vstonks.bigsun.xyz. And here's one profile I just made: https://nostr-client.bigsun.xyz/#/0305886207fc2e8b0c5285119b78ffb89e29d88c5ff6555e03ac255741a564d977 https://nostr-client.bigsun.xyz/#/0305886207fc2e8b0c5285119b...

flatfilefan 6y ago
I can’t judge on the protocol specifics but if installing and getting a userid can be as easy as literally pushing one button this can pick up. Currently it looks very slick and thus promising! I like the name. It reminds me of GNU, which is Not UNIX. So nostr is no str, or something ;-) But is compact and not a monstr either.
- fiatjaf 6y ago
  Naming things is very hard, as the saying goes, this name is turning out to be better than expected now that you uncovered the secret "no str" meaning :)

flatfilefan 6y ago

Just a suggestion on popularizing: There are a few popular people who crosspost to various sites beyond Twitter. Maybe you could find out what solution they use to cross post and write a nostr plug-in. This way nostr could quickly gain the following it deserves.

erikpukinskis 6y ago

I’m sure you didn’t intend anything by it, but you might not want to use the phrase “final solution” in your marketing given that Nazis are a prominent banned-from-Twitter group. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Solution https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Solution

fiatjaf 6y ago
Thank you, yes, I didn't know that. It's a shame, because it's such a nice phrase.