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Sure, but that doesn't really address the issue. If the developers themselves are too centralized, they would be susceptible to capture and coercion, and this could undermine the integrity of the future code.

2024-09-25 14:54:05 CEST

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Yes, please @nprofile…vzaw @nprofile…kdtx
#nevent1q…rt29

2024-09-25 14:49:28 CEST

I understand that the Bitcoin network decentralized, however the code is maintained on Github, and therefore write-access to the codebase is very centralized. In what sense then is Bitcoin's development not centralized? Why does Bitcoin not have something like a DAO instead? #bitcoin #dao #asknostr

2024-09-25 10:19:31 CEST

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Despite all traffic going through the VPN, your nsec never gets transmitted, so even a malicious VPN could not steal your nsec.

2024-09-25 09:13:36 CEST

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Your nsec never leaves your device. You only ever send proof of ownership of the nsec, never the nsec itself.

2024-09-25 05:14:08 CEST

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Is "prepay" the same thing as "pay as you go"? If not, then "prepaid" should be an option too.

2024-09-24 06:02:56 CEST

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To suggest there's no more evidence for evolution than there is for creationism is pretty stupid.

2024-09-24 05:59:21 CEST

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If your posts are public, then it doesn't even matter. And if your posts are private, then they still won't be able to see them. So in any case, this doesn't matter at all.

2024-09-24 05:51:04 CEST

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Same here.

2024-09-24 04:13:10 CEST

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That makes a certain amount of sense though. Plane tickets are relatively expensive. People who have money can better take care of themselves, instead of being a burden on others. Clearly it's a better situation when people can take care of themselves.

2024-09-23 20:55:28 CEST

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Only in a fair trial. In a kangaroo court, that's not necessary.

2024-09-23 20:47:52 CEST

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I don't think anyone is really anti-immigration. Only that it's prudent do vet the people who are immigrating. No to murderers. Yes to pho chefs.

2024-09-23 20:41:29 CEST

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Depends how reputation is computed. It's not a trivial problem to solve.

2024-09-23 19:35:14 CEST

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Sure, but there’s simply no point to making a ReplyGuy bot if archiving is your intention. Instead of the bot “replying”, it could simply archive to a private database instead. There’s no reason to do the extra step of spamming the network for no additional benefit.

2024-09-23 16:33:32 CEST

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This seems like something somebody would just make up. Is there any actual source to this?

2024-09-23 16:29:39 CEST

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In that case, no need to have a “ReplyGuy”. Just have a “client” that connects to every possible relay, and scrape as much data as possible, and never delete anything.

2024-09-23 16:27:08 CEST

#nostr is not as addictive as it could be. Some will definitely say this is a feature. But part of it is also that it’s not nearly as useful yet as it could be. #grownostr

2024-09-23 15:52:47 CEST

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No. Once it's out there, it's out there. The best you can do is politely ask relays and clients to kindly ignore it going forward, but there will always be those so do not.

2024-09-23 15:50:44 CEST

We stand on the shoulders of giants.

2024-09-23 11:09:54 CEST

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That's a good distinction to make. I'd like to know as well.

2024-09-23 11:08:58 CEST

I think if #weboftrust #wot #spam filtering is ever going to be widely successful on #nostr, it would need to be highly transparent, so that it can evolve propertly.
There would need to be some kind of "spam folder" where you could go see what's been blocked and PRECISELY the reason why.
For example: "This note was muted because it was marked as spam by @jb55 and you flagged him as trusted in your WOT."
If NOSTR is about giving control back to the users, then give it back to the users. Don't hide everything away in a black box.

2024-09-23 09:45:39 CEST

#damus seems to respect “deleted notes” and not show them. Cool. So when is #damus going to let you delete notes from inside Damus? #asknostr @npub1xts…kk5s

2024-09-23 09:41:30 CEST

Hey @nprofile…vzaw. The delete note button (Request Deletion) should probably ask for confirmation, instead of just instantly doing it. It's not the kind of action you'd want to accidentally click on.

2024-09-23 09:35:49 CEST

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Maybe that's true, but people believe all kinds of stupid things. Your clothes will last longer if you air dry them instead of putting them through the dryer, so maybe these people are just making a smart personal choice. And saving electricity.

2024-09-23 07:10:14 CEST

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You can't anyway

2024-09-22 19:40:15 CEST

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Like what are they doing on Primal?

2024-09-22 19:11:38 CEST

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Exactly. Incur costs on the spammer without annoying legitimate users. It's a scaling issue. Running proof of work on a single note is inconsequential. Running proof of work on millions of spam notes starts to become more costly.

2024-09-22 18:41:43 CEST

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I get your point, but X is a company governed by laws. The laws may be stupid, but I would say this is the fault of the law makers, not the company doing everything it is allowed to do within the bounds of the law. And maybe that is Elon's point, to shed light on where the problem lies.

2024-09-22 18:32:47 CEST

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Cool, but this should be build into the client. #damus #amethyst

2024-09-22 18:31:29 CEST

Nintendo sueing Palworld is a fucking disgrace. Palworld is so incredibly its own game at this point, Nintendo is just acting like an immature bully and I lost a little more respect for them. #nintendo #sueing #palworld #gaming

2024-09-22 18:14:24 CEST

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The evidence that it works will come from experimentation. These are uncharted lands. But the idea of proof of work to prioritze legitimacy seems to be worth exploring. That seems to beworking for Bitcoin. There is no free lunch.

2024-09-22 18:09:31 CEST

One of the biggest problems #NOSTR has right now is "discoverability". This is an #algorithm issue. Some might even call the lack of an algorithm a feature. But not even having the option to opt in to an any algorithm is pretty unfortunate. Am I wrong? #asknostr

2024-09-22 17:24:03 CEST

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It should be enough proof of work that it won't bother users. Maybe about 1 second delay.
But that should be enough to start making spam expensive, right?

2024-09-22 16:44:20 CEST

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I never said it solves the problem. But, does it not help?

2024-09-22 15:34:10 CEST

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All Elon has ever said is he will provide free speech to the extent the law allows, and no further. Did the Brazilians force his hand by making some dubious laws for him to follow?

2024-09-22 15:31:03 CEST

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It's one of those "see it to believe it things". If someone can get it to work, then great. But no one in the history of tech has managed to pull it off properly without it being a huge pain in the ass. I wish the best of luck to anyone working on it, but I won't hold my breath.

2024-09-22 15:24:55 CEST

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You're not used to the pattern by now?

2024-09-22 15:23:55 CEST

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Proof of work is easy to implement. Proof of humanity is damn near impossible. Be pragmatic, sir.

2024-09-21 18:26:29 CEST

#nostr clients need a better search feature than simply searching for a username or hashtag.
Searching should allow finding old notes that were posted days, weeks, months, or even years ago.
Always seeing the latest buzz is cool, but all that information getting lost a couple days later, not so much.
#grownostr #nostr #search #damus #amethyst

2024-09-21 12:25:45 CEST

#nostr needs a better a better in-client "search" feature.
#grownostr #search

2024-09-21 11:38:22 CEST

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#nevent1q…muy7

2024-09-21 11:35:44 CEST

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Today I learned #Damus has a delete account button.

2024-09-21 10:29:07 CEST

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I really enjoyed that game. I don't remember fights being slow the way you described.

2024-09-21 10:26:41 CEST

Real question. Why don't #NOSTR clients use proof of work to mitigate #spam in the network?
I know it would drain mobile batteries more, but it wouldn't have to be a huge amount of work. Just like 1 second worth.
Linux computers already do something like like when you type in your password to login. The password check is fast enough to not bother the user, but slow enough that trying to brute force a password becomes much more difficult.
In the same way, if users needed to wait 1 second to post a new note, no problem.
But if spammers needed to do the same constantly, maybe this would start to impose an actual cost (electricity and processing power) on spammers?
#asknostr #pow #proofofwork

2024-09-21 06:02:18 CEST

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I'm curious as well.

2024-09-21 05:29:18 CEST

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Weird indeed. I imagine that just deletes you nsec from your local device, but obviously your notes would remain on relays.
@npub1xts…kk5s, what’s up with the delete account button?

2024-09-21 05:23:12 CEST

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Why blur out your own face though?

2024-09-20 12:12:44 CEST

It's not very "censorship resistant" to break people off into fragmented centralized isolated networks where they can't see each other. NOSTR needs to remain global.

2024-09-20 09:12:41 CEST

Can the CEO of ProtonMail decrypt and read all your emails if he wanted to?
#asknostr #privacy #proton #protonmail #security

2024-09-19 21:48:42 CEST

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Didn’t a teacher get arrested there, for calling his trans woman student “he”? 🤦‍♂️

2024-09-19 18:42:20 CEST

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Please add native Tor support to #Amethyst. ie. A simple check box. No Orbox hoops to jump through.

2024-09-19 14:57:30 CEST

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Why does nothing happen when I click on that link?

2024-09-19 08:33:45 CEST

Testing, testing. Anyone? #asknostr

2024-09-19 06:53:29 CEST

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The problem is when these centralized efforts become so centralized that external forces can apply pressure to censor other things too.

2024-09-19 06:45:36 CEST

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The devil is in the details. How "wrong" censoring spam is really depends on how it done. How much decentralization was given up in the process? How many legitimate users were silenced inadvertently? This is a delicate issue, if it's to be handled optimally.

2024-09-18 20:15:21 CEST

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From an ingredients standpoint, the bread they feed you in the USA is quite a lot different than the bread people have been eating for thousands of years.

2024-09-18 20:12:11 CEST

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People just don’t stop, think, and question. People value comfort more than truth, and sacrifice the latter for the former.

2024-09-18 20:05:23 CEST

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Sure. Until he starts using random names.

2024-09-18 15:03:05 CEST

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Sounds like a new user would be invisible in the beginning. Sounds like a poor experience. Imagine coming to Nostr for the first time, putting out your initial #introduction, and getting ghosted by the platform.

2024-09-18 14:27:33 CEST

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Thank you

2024-09-18 14:11:04 CEST

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What version is that?

2024-09-18 12:32:15 CEST

@nprofile…47ns, can you help shed some light on this? #note1arq…dx7y

2024-09-18 12:29:50 CEST

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Isn’t that the founder of Etherium?

2024-09-18 09:10:19 CEST

#nostr feels a lot more quiet the past day or two. Maybe those #WoT are kicking in.. 🤷‍♂️

2024-09-18 09:06:59 CEST

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Maybe because it openly says it believes in free speech and won’t censor anything unless it’s illegal. That’s leaps and bounds above pretty much every other legacy social media platform. It’s basically unheard of.

2024-09-18 09:04:40 CEST

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Never mind, thought you were talking about NOSTR

2024-09-18 09:04:08 CEST

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What do you mean it’s centralized? How many relays are you connected to?

2024-09-18 09:02:07 CEST

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along with all the legitimate users

2024-09-18 06:42:34 CEST

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Goodbye, Tor users

2024-09-17 20:37:44 CEST

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I’m a bit more pessimistic. People seem content being sheep, and so they may never wake up, sad to say.

2024-09-17 19:49:51 CEST

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That’s my understanding as well. So why are Jack Dorsey and the founder of #SimpleX saying the contrary? Odell said the same thing a while back too.

2024-09-17 17:22:54 CEST

#privacy must not be sacrificed for the sake of #censorship resistance. Both are mandatory. If you don’t have privacy, you don’t have freedom. If you don’t have freedom, you cannot use censorship resistant tools for long anyway. #note14u5…trcp

2024-09-17 17:17:27 CEST

If #censorship resistance comes at the expense of #privacy, and vice versa, does that mean #SimpleX (which is touted for best in class privacy) is easily censored? #asknostr #note1w4e…64mf

2024-09-17 11:27:20 CEST

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Nostr mostly stores notes. You’re not going to find any relays storing full length HD movies.

2024-09-17 11:25:47 CEST

I’m currently logged in with #damus. I’ve spent the last 10 minutes looking for my nsec. Where can I find it? #asknostr

2024-09-17 07:12:49 CEST

#zaps are the key to solving #spam on #nostr.

2024-09-17 06:10:26 CEST

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Yeah, not sure where all the hate for Elon is coming from. I like Nostr better, but as far as centralized social media platforms go, X seems to respect free speech the most. I even bet if you asked Elon about Nostr in private, he would agree Nostr is a good thing.

2024-09-17 05:26:09 CEST

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Debian is still one of the best.

2024-09-17 05:23:27 CEST

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I’ll belief WoT works when I see it. But based on every explanation I’ve heard of it so far, it sounds like it’s going to hurt the platform (new users) as much as it’s purported to help.

2024-09-17 05:18:43 CEST

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Because some nodes in the lightning network have been configured to allow traffic to flow through them, even if they won’t receive any sats.

2024-09-16 13:03:20 CEST

Part of me fears that #nostr will always be riddled with #spam and #ReplyGuy’s.
I haven’t heard any convincing solutions proposed that would make me think otherwise.

2024-09-16 12:00:25 CEST

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Until the Reply Guys start saying GM to blend in 😂

2024-09-16 11:57:03 CEST

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#asknostr

2024-09-16 09:43:38 CEST

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Why not? #nostr offers a “delete note” feature. Why not an “amend note” feature too?

2024-09-16 07:49:26 CEST

I wish #damus would let me fix spelling and grammar mistakes in my notes.

2024-09-16 07:48:20 CEST