102 sats \ 3 replies \ @k00b 9 Aug 2023 \ parent \ on: Where will nostr be in 3 years nostr
I'm super happy they open sourced. How expensive (including staff to maintain operation) do you think it is to run primal? It's cost/time prohibitive to run a normal relay and primal is caching the data of all of them.
Nostr can't require projects open source though. Certain experiences are so expensive or hard to provide, open sourcing won't provide meaningful decentralization either.
We'd have to define failure. Creating a portable identity and portable data protocol that's widely adopted, even if experiences using it are centralized, is still a huge win in my book. It's a relatively incremental victory, but a victory nonetheless and more victories can be piled on top if it stays relevant.
Completely on board with your points, but here's my concern: If a single proprietary client or service becomes THE go-to on Nostr, it's vulnerable. The moment authorities knock, they'll give in, undermining Nostr's core purpose.
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embrace.expand.extinguish
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I agree. Ideally we're all practicing good data sovereignty practices and can migrate between go-tos until we figure out how to not need them.
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