semisol on Nostr: Neither NIPs or NostrHub are a good solution to the problem that Nostr specifications ...
Neither NIPs or NostrHub are a good solution to the problem that Nostr specifications are a disorganized mess.
Reinventing the wheel every time in different ways is harmful to the development of the protocol.
This has already been solved by basically every other protocol by making a standards body, but somehow we have failed to do this on Nostr.
One should also exist on Nostr, ideally with the following properties:
- It should be open for anyone to participate, but with some commitments.
- Members should in general be required to participate on a lot of topics, to prevent drive-by slop.
- Maybe a small membership fee to cover the hosting of the infrastructure and to again prevent drive-by slop.
- A process for discussing and creating standards should exist, that is not too restrictive but does offer some resistance.
- There should be bylaws to prevent bad-faith actors and to ensure the main goals do not get derailed.
Or maybe something like the C2SP.
Published at
2026-07-27 15:16:41 UTCEvent JSON
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