Nostr - global, decentralized, and censorship-resistant social media

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What is Nostr?​

Nostr is a protocol, designed for simplicity, that aims to create a censorship-resistant global social network. Let's unpack that a little:

Simple​

The protocol is based on very simple & flexible event objects (which are passed around as plain JSON) and uses standard elliptic-curve cryptography for keys and signing. The only supported transport is websockets connections from clients to relays. This makes it easy to write clients and relays and promotes software diversity.

Resilient​

Because Nostr doesn't rely on a small number of trusted servers for moving or storing data, it's very resilient. The protocol assumes that relays will disappear and allows users to connect and publish to an arbitrary number of relays that they can change over time.

Verifiable​

Because Nostr accounts are based on public-key cryptography it's easy to verify messages were really sent by the user in question.

Like HTTP or TCP-IP, Nostr is a protocol; an open standard upon which anyone can build. Nostr is not an app or service that you sign up for.
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Nostr, a simple protocol for decentralizing social media that has a chance of working

A guide to the simplest decentralized protocol that isn't peer-to-peer, therefore works.
nostr.com nostr.com

That page includes a link to find client apps for a variety of platforms. I looked at the guide for Gossip - the desktop application and it did not seem very user friendly/intuitive yet (wrt relays).

It's still a developing project, so I expect it will get better/easier or fail.
 
Oh wow... Iris apparently lets you participate in a global feed - everyone on the network can hear you scream (if they choose to)...
 

Nostr?​

what ever happened to spelling? I dnt knw
 
pmbug said:
Oh wow... Iris apparently lets you participate in a global feed - everyone on the network can hear you scream (if they choose to)...
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That isn't quite correct. You can view a feed that includes up to five degrees from folks that you are following. Unfortunately, clicking the follow button doesn't really seem to work for me the way it should. Most of the time it just sticks. Only once did it actually process.
 
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