126 sats \ 6 replies \ @03365d6a53 10 Aug 2023 \ on: NOSTR is not going to fix anything :( nostr
nice to have opposing views, although I'd respectfully disagree
there is a HUGE amount of development going on right now on the nostr protocol, I agree it's not normie ready yet but the tsunami head has been formed and it's currently rolling across the ocean
you might have to sail a bit deeper to understand the ramifications. The game has changed.
Nostr is NOT a facebook/twitter replacement, it's far bigger and more exciting than that
Nostr is the first open, permissionless, censorship resistant application development platform.
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122 sats \ 0 replies \ @sebastix 10 Aug 2023
"Nostr is the first open, permissionless, censorship resistant application development platform."
Nice!I would like to change this nice phrase to:
Nostr is the first open, permissionless, censorship resistant, community-driven application development protocol.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @hydroflask OP 10 Aug 2023
And what are your thoughts on the incentive structure behind the development?
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5 sats \ 0 replies \ @03365d6a53 10 Aug 2023
aah, you mean the funding for nostr itself?
it's worth remembering that nostr is actually just a bunch of standards, published to github
it's not a piece of software in and of itself
Nostr is just a bunch of markdown files. That's it. Funding is barely needed, as all the maintainers have vested interests in the success of the protocol.
We do have to trust those maintainers to make sensible policy decisions, but those conversations are entirely public, just go to the github site and hit follow and you will receive it all in your inbox
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11 sats \ 0 replies \ @03365d6a53 10 Aug 2023
as a developer I prefer to build on nostr as my application will not be subject to arbitrary policy decisions / api changes / deprecations by platform providers in the future
I also benefit from integrated payments, users bring their own social graph, zero passwords required, native messaging systems...
all of which makes it faster and cheaper to create solutions
you don't even necessarily need to rent a server, you can build a client and make use of the relay network
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @hydroflask OP 10 Aug 2023
Could you elaborate beyond the buzzwords? Genuinely curious!!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @03365d6a53 10 Aug 2023
which words would you consider as buzzy?
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