The original post which launched the Nostr protocol, the "simplest open protocol that is able to create a censorship-resistant global “social” network:... doesn’t rely on any trusted central server, hence it is resilientbased on cryptographic keys and signatures, so it is tamperproof;does not rely on P2P techniques, therefore it works."H…

From the basic Nostr intro video - "Nostr: Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays is a simple protocol that allows users to sign and share notes using websockets". Users use their cryptographic key pair to sign a note, verifying its source.NIPS are "Nostr implementation possibilities ... standards allow clients to communicate .…

"Nostr is (among other things) a decentralized social network run over a series of apps and relays, servers that anybody can run to process communications data". It flips the concept of social media platform "on its head: with one private key, you can access multiple apps/interfaces of your choice. However, Nostr is not just social …

"The new social layer allows us to meet the needs of those who want a completely open “town square” and those who prioritize carefully managed and curated experiences... Private companies cannot be public squares, but protocols can be".While Nostr or Farcaster can be "censorship-resistant because ... no one can send them deletion re…

My late October 2024 newsletter introduces my ongoing work exploring #AI4Communities, and provides some of the resources going into the next version.

Brander with a great intro to the role Nostr could play in tomorrow's online landscape. A choice of architecturesWalled gardens of surveillance capitalismHe starts by walking us through the various architectures, starting with that "of a typical app: a big centralized server in the cloud supporting many clients... grants the server tota…

"A simple, open protocol that enables a truly censorship-resistant and global social network."They're clearly gunning for ActivityPub, with a secondary page entitled Why isn't Mastodon good enough? The key point made is that while Mastodon was OK when "server owners could be trusted to be cooperative, but it doesn't r…