I have been seeing a lot of shilling for mastadon lately, so I thought I would step in and shill Nostr for a bit.
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Fun facts about Nostr:
* Nostr stands for "Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays". It is an odd acronym, but I like it.
* Nostr uses websockets and relays to build a really simple P2P network. We also steal a few ideas from bitcoin (ECDSA ids, schnorr-signed events).
* Relays are simply dumb data stores for events that clients publish and subscribe to.
* Clients don't trust relays to be honest, so all events are self-signed. Your pubkey is your userid.
* It is stupid simple to build a Nostr client. You can easily do it in less than 400 lines of JavaScript. And it runs in the browser.
(shameless self plug) https://github.com/cmdruid/nostr-emitter
* Nostr is powerful enough to host chat apps very easily. Here is a rip of Telegram, running on Nostr:
anigma.io
* There's a lot of fun things you can do with Nostr. Check out all these cool projects!
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* We are constantly discussing how to improve the protocol. Come join the conversation here:
https://t.me/nostr_protocol https://anigma.io https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips
Thank you for reading my nostr shill post. I did not create nostr, nor do I get any monies for promotion. I just think it's really cool and I have a lot of fun building stuff that punches though nats.
If you have any questions about nostr please feel free to ask.
Also, Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I hope we're all feeling fat and sassy today. :-D
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GitHub - nostr-protocol/nostr: a truly censorship-resistant alternative to Twitter that has a chance of working
a truly censorship-resistant alternative to Twitter that has a chance of working - GitHub - nostr-protocol/nostr: a truly censorship-resistant alternative to Twitter that has a chance of working
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* Nostr stands for "Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays". It is an odd acronym, but I like it.
* Nostr uses websockets and relays to build a really simple P2P network. We also steal a few ideas from bitcoin (ECDSA ids, schnorr-signed events).
* Relays are simply dumb data stores for events that clients publish and subscribe to.
* Clients don't trust relays to be honest, so all events are self-signed. Your pubkey is your userid.
* It is stupid simple to build a Nostr client. You can easily do it in less than 400 lines of JavaScript. And it runs in the browser.
(shameless self plug) https://github.com/cmdruid/nostr-emitter
* Nostr is powerful enough to host chat apps very easily. Here is a rip of Telegram, running on Nostr:
Anigma
anigma.io
GitHub - aljazceru/awesome-nostr: A cureated list of nostr projects and resources
A cureated list of nostr projects and resources . Contribute to aljazceru/awesome-nostr development by creating an account on GitHub.
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https://t.me/nostr_protocol https://anigma.io https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips
Thank you for reading my nostr shill post. I did not create nostr, nor do I get any monies for promotion. I just think it's really cool and I have a lot of fun building stuff that punches though nats.
If you have any questions about nostr please feel free to ask.
Also, Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I hope we're all feeling fat and sassy today. :-D
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33746360
Points: 13
# Comments: 2
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