Join Nostr
2026-07-27 15:16:41 UTC

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.