2025-12-04T07:51:25Z https://nostr.ae VincenzoImp https://nostr.ae/npub1szgdn7q6g9huf8a4zd980khntyk2mwqa7s5rlqye6v3y3w7gs4zspmv73y https://m.primal.net/PwGv.png https://m.primal.net/PwGv.png https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2fgxnpc6lw4msakx58pljtp7jqmp63rfn0ea4vzakm5gjvjv269qzyzqfpk0crfqkl3ylk5f55a767dvjetdcrh6zs0uqn8fjyj9mezz522rmrgd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstmjkwwmmzv0ezmvv7tsjspd9es58amlul6650v3hnsr8cg7c57ucf04yrx'>nevent1q…4yrx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>BigBrotr is running a monitor — 2,170 relays. There are a couple of bugs in the NIP-66 publishing that I&#39;m fixing, which is probably why nostr.watch isn&#39;t picking it up properly.<br/>It&#39;s more of a configurable observatory than a monolith though. Discovery, monitoring, and archiving are independent services — you pick the breadth (which relays) and depth (which checks, which event filters) based on what you need and what you can afford to run.<br/>You can use it to serve raw events if you want, or as a crawler for specific kinds where global reach matters — like profiles, contact lists, relay lists — and feed those into a relay. But the main point is computing insights from the data, synthetic network analisys, or running a trusted authority with NIP-85 assertions backed by observed data. <br/><br/> 2026-03-25T11:02:33Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxdk5zv6p3fttyk7tj6s4fjjswxa4hsfqd7tpv56ljmeehfmjn4uczyzqfpk0crfqkl3ylk5f55a767dvjetdcrh6zs0uqn8fjyj9mezz52yu5npa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsduw2640w2cf7r0r2qcd5jq74f5x0qdz7gz9fmr6fx6g7hj4p6guqrd9c37'>nevent1q…9c37</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Three different identities. I&#39;m behind BigBrotr. <br/><br/> 2026-03-25T10:55:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp8d2gl4pqlkdlelle36zylmp9gf64gtgyy4n25mu6k34wqwdq4eqzyzqfpk0crfqkl3ylk5f55a767dvjetdcrh6zs0uqn8fjyj9mezz526my5x4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst7f0rrlsrc89rdqmkxkknew5z4v9s7lln8xd22m5fh4ds2mms2pq6m4x72'>nevent1q…4x72</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You raise valid points, but the temporal scope approach has a fundamental flaw: created_at is self-declared and unverifiable. An attacker holding a stolen key can pre-sign events with any past timestamp, hold them, and publish them later. You can&#39;t determine when a key was actually compromised — only when something was published. So drawing a line between &#34;trusted before&#34; and &#34;untrusted after&#34; doesn&#39;t hold.<br/><br/>There&#39;s active work on key migration — PR #829 uses OpenTimestamps with a 60-day challenge window where the earliest attested whitelist wins, and PR #2137 introduces an intermediate migration key with Shamir social recovery. Both are thoughtful approaches, but they work best as preventive measures: you need to set up your whitelist or precommit before a compromise happens.<br/><br/>A WOT-backed revocation kind would definitely be useful as a social signal — trusted contacts collectively marking a key as dead. The core challenge remains that you can prove when something was published (via OTS), but you can&#39;t prove the negative: that a key wasn&#39;t compromised before a certain date.<br/> <br/><br/> 2026-03-25T10:10:37Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszagnzmu9slly09uhw3szl04h6aqk69qwwz5mphwdatyamd5vur9qzyzqfpk0crfqkl3ylk5f55a767dvjetdcrh6zs0uqn8fjyj9mezz524rfxql In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2f4swdkf8fjjfwkvcprjlxwwhdl0v85c6yvkynqrzqkrxnw44d5gprpmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgteqch46g8'>nevent1q…46g8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I searched through ~85 million events in the BigBrotr database. The highest PoW event I found is 45 bits. I also found 2 notes from ephemeral keys (single event each) from September 23, 2024, but only 37 bits. Nothing above 60 bits — though I&#39;m still syncing events so it may not have been ingested yet. <br/><br/> 2026-03-25T09:54:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0k47md2dgg75agwf3lyvtefd8ty8ez9p4uvnnhy0pvuf3sc6pteczyzqfpk0crfqkl3ylk5f55a767dvjetdcrh6zs0uqn8fjyj9mezz524c8n2y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspqyy7t8txdew65y0jrwy23mkmw8e686w5h06jpqkhanllnudccyspzfmhxue69uhk7enxvd5xz6tw9ec82csqt4gwt'>nevent1q…4gwt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In Nostr, anything signed with your key can be overwritten with the same key — so the compromise proof needs to live on someone else&#39;s event stream. That&#39;s essentially the idea. <br/><br/> 2026-03-20T22:05:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvwjczh3fj2r526cs0hrstjerfy95t706ht08ul5fx2glqpa74l7szyzqfpk0crfqkl3ylk5f55a767dvjetdcrh6zs0uqn8fjyj9mezz524c7dec In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxcc0jjpgwv4avkj9ju2ppdkm2atcxjlxr3quq2h6wr9gynddm9jgprfmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtmkxyhshnhc2y'>nevent1q…hc2y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There is no kill bit today. I wrote some thoughts about it here: <a href="https://bigbrotr.com/blog/dead-keys/">https://bigbrotr.com/blog/dead-keys/</a> <br/><br/> 2026-03-20T21:48:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyrj326nprc7g9vxv8gj7hraf74td67uexwzqyhn7egsmzpk7qdggzyzqfpk0crfqkl3ylk5f55a767dvjetdcrh6zs0uqn8fjyj9mezz5282thsy Once a Nostr key leaks, how do you kill it permanently? We&#39;ve been thinking about this — and we&#39;re not sure the protocol has an answer yet.<br/><a href="https://bigbrotr.com/blog/dead-keys/">https://bigbrotr.com/blog/dead-keys/</a><br/>#nostr #security #protocol #nip <br/><br/> 2026-03-20T21:44:49Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxcrttktk58ce2axng9w68mp78m7n06r4mdxu50pds8ykzly0cg4czyzqfpk0crfqkl3ylk5f55a767dvjetdcrh6zs0uqn8fjyj9mezz52a6z5zn Want to run your own Nostr network observatory? We published a step-by-step self-hosting guide for BigBrotr — from hardware to production deployment.<br/><a href="https://bigbrotr.com/blog/self-hosting-bigbrotr/">https://bigbrotr.com/blog/self-hosting-bigbrotr/</a><br/>#nostr #selfhosting #opensource #bigbrotr <br/><br/> 2026-03-19T18:49:56Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqpnnu7e7k4kgzgx8xcryn6gk53w6jnl34dzjw00slq9n67qvxd4qzyzqfpk0crfqkl3ylk5f55a767dvjetdcrh6zs0uqn8fjyj9mezz527cpcug In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqzevshsyl856j5dal72g90x9ytd00cj9r9uk0yvr3f7g9vaxycpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqe9zrj5'>nevent1q…zrj5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The methodology is in the post and everything is open source — anyone can reproduce it. This dataset isn&#39;t public because at least 38 people don&#39;t know their key is exposed. Future analyses will release everything. Happy to share privately for legitimate research. <br/><br/> 2026-03-19T11:01:48Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs04hlawf2crjvc3ga8n36qd3tflhsm9s4n9clk982suy5kt6r3fpszyzqfpk0crfqkl3ylk5f55a767dvjetdcrh6zs0uqn8fjyj9mezz52u3hza5 Filtering the noise from Nostr&#39;s nsec leak data<br/><a href="https://bigbrotr.com/blog/exposed-nsec-analysis/">https://bigbrotr.com/blog/exposed-nsec-analysis/</a> <br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqswvr40d28ztjrw6cpmyzg4syn0en6peqnylksppj28erwdys75chszyzqfpk0crfqkl3ylk5f55a767dvjetdcrh6zs0uqn8fjyj9mezz52qcyqqqqqqgpy6m0j" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…6m0j</a></span> </div> We analyzed 40M events archived by BigBrotr and found 16,000+ valid nsec keys published in plaintext.<br/>90% republished by a single bot. The rest: users confusing nsec with npub, AI agents leaking credentials in logs.<br/> <a href="https://bigbrotr.com/blog/exposed-nsec-analysis/">https://bigbrotr.com/blog/exposed-nsec-analysis/</a><br/><br/>#nostr #security #bigbrotr <br/><br/> </blockquote> 2026-03-18T16:57:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspx4tju2xpfqn5fscna3vj4a4syxmpgvu4my3z8ttvt43dmgv35nqzyzqfpk0crfqkl3ylk5f55a767dvjetdcrh6zs0uqn8fjyj9mezz52kvhplf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz5f8gh2xnz4zd4ylt6s5v28y5c3pcn3z44n05tcrevc60j5nnx0qprfmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctv9ukqcd5qwe'>nevent1q…5qwe</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There&#39;s no truly effective solution if you send your nsec online or if it gets exfiltrated. First lesson in cryptography <br/><br/> 2026-03-18T08:52:17Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdqncy55l6wzqqwm9fnrgrlzsdre35jpuk5jg6nt22e83m5wz86kgzyzqfpk0crfqkl3ylk5f55a767dvjetdcrh6zs0uqn8fjyj9mezz5233jzn2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswen2la234wlqazetdw0tqlk8rejnc6smp3az6f8zffhmm6g3278ssw4cam'>nevent1q…4cam</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Cc <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqswum4p82uluhz2dr40nvdrflspffntgqghc58w9fs57nx6jkdkuaqpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqz9thwden5te0dp5hxapwdehhxarj9ekxzmny6fdmk6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>daniel</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…dmk6</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqsre6jgq6c7r2vzn5cdtju20qq36sn3cer5avc4x8kfru5pzrlr7sqpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3wamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwv3jkwmt0v3ejucm0d5ja583u" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Freakoverse</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…583u</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/> 2026-03-17T22:40:40Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswen2la234wlqazetdw0tqlk8rejnc6smp3az6f8zffhmm6g3278szyzqfpk0crfqkl3ylk5f55a767dvjetdcrh6zs0uqn8fjyj9mezz52urquhc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswvr40d28ztjrw6cpmyzg4syn0en6peqnylksppj28erwdys75chs27c844'>nevent1q…c844</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>UPDATE: we deployed a DVM for this. Send a Kind 5300 event signed with your keys and it tells you (NIP-44 encrypted, only you can read) if your nsec has been exposed.<br/>Source and instructions: <a href="https://github.com/BigBrotr/nsec-leak-checker">https://github.com/BigBrotr/nsec-leak-checker</a> <br/><br/> 2026-03-17T22:19:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdvz2xm33clnewhtzfnl504namkht7hxdypjlztt0vys0xcxwpkggzyzqfpk0crfqkl3ylk5f55a767dvjetdcrh6zs0uqn8fjyj9mezz52ddyp0w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswvr40d28ztjrw6cpmyzg4syn0en6peqnylksppj28erwdys75chs27c844'>nevent1q…c844</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqs0dqlgwq6l0t20gnstnr8mm9fhu9j9t2fv6wxwl3xtx8dh24l4ausppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7x4xrcf" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>pip</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…xrcf</span>)</a></span> this might help for your Vertex analytics — I&#39;ll DM you the full dataset. <br/><br/> 2026-03-17T18:52:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswvr40d28ztjrw6cpmyzg4syn0en6peqnylksppj28erwdys75chszyzqfpk0crfqkl3ylk5f55a767dvjetdcrh6zs0uqn8fjyj9mezz52wwhss4 We analyzed 40M events archived by BigBrotr and found 16,000+ valid nsec keys published in plaintext.<br/>90% republished by a single bot. The rest: users confusing nsec with npub, AI agents leaking credentials in logs.<br/> <a href="https://bigbrotr.com/blog/exposed-nsec-analysis/">https://bigbrotr.com/blog/exposed-nsec-analysis/</a><br/><br/>#nostr #security #bigbrotr <br/><br/> 2026-03-17T18:51:21Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqu29mqe0mnl35dgd0xa9vc8rt6x8vwepkjfdftu28ez2lchja0vczyzqfpk0crfqkl3ylk5f55a767dvjetdcrh6zs0uqn8fjyj9mezz52q09shg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqvuwtuzdmrklk0eaf67g7h7nytdn5ee5tkf2jx37ezd9pcmec5mgmknq3y'>nevent1q…nq3y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Agreed. BigBrotr API is live at api.bigbrotr.com/docs if you want to take a look — Several endpoints covering relays, events, metadata, and pre-computed analytics. <br/><br/> 2026-03-15T21:58:08Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgk8rmmp5lhypxsyh79xm2eyx78xm35zkpgqz0dt2gjmj2t8yuvmczyzqfpk0crfqkl3ylk5f55a767dvjetdcrh6zs0uqn8fjyj9mezz52v40z8v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsflt83qp37jjsdldzfh30pt0jpszytg4z8pnlnevsnj29plca4k3glyf9q0'>nevent1q…f9q0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqspwwwexlwgcrrnwz4zwkze8rq3ncjug8mvgsd96dxx6wzs8ccndmcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qyvhwumn8ghj7urjv4kkjatd9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9wshsemssyg" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>jeffg</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…ssyg</span>)</a></span> great work on Pensieve, the retention cohort analysis is really clever. We took a different path on event archiving — BigBrotr crawls each relay&#39;s full history with completeness verification and tracks exactly which events live on which relays. Same goal, different trade-offs. <br/><br/> 2026-03-15T20:39:08Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsflt83qp37jjsdldzfh30pt0jpszytg4z8pnlnevsnj29plca4k3gzyzqfpk0crfqkl3ylk5f55a767dvjetdcrh6zs0uqn8fjyj9mezz52e0nxlh BigBrotr vs Pensieve — a technical deep dive into two open-source approaches to indexing Nostr. How do you ensure you&#39;re not missing events? How do you decide which relays to connect to? Same network, very different answers.<br/><br/><a href="https://bigbrotr.com/blog/bigbrotr-vs-pensieve/">https://bigbrotr.com/blog/bigbrotr-vs-pensieve/</a><br/><br/>#nostr #bigbrotr #pensieve <br/><br/> 2026-03-15T20:38:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyq97g27hyj0hr7s4v0a8rpv2asxqttserwmprudnz338entr84mqzyzqfpk0crfqkl3ylk5f55a767dvjetdcrh6zs0uqn8fjyj9mezz525vvn5m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst2tgr2m6w8k07emxurvad5g4u54d03hxf3jpa0g2vgf5cm3qv3uqzrqlfm'>nevent1q…qlfm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Easier monitoring means a more transparent and healthier network for everyone. <br/><br/> 2026-03-13T23:39:53Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0ulgd49t79cypumarznng7hngev83sxjuvy3ngauqe0qja2ay0fszyzqfpk0crfqkl3ylk5f55a767dvjetdcrh6zs0uqn8fjyj9mezz529npy6u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8sf3lz2st5lj2awx4p38trd7rzv7lzz73lsdga373qweq4mp47kspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgw0f8y2'>nevent1q…f8y2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>More like limitless and complete streaming from any relay you can subscribe to. <br/><br/> 2026-03-13T23:30:53Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst2tgr2m6w8k07emxurvad5g4u54d03hxf3jpa0g2vgf5cm3qv3uqzyzqfpk0crfqkl3ylk5f55a767dvjetdcrh6zs0uqn8fjyj9mezz52ur9vxg A fully NIP-66 compliant relay monitor in under 80 lines of Python.<br/>RTT, SSL, DNS, geolocation, ASN, HTTP headers — all running concurrently. You choose what to check, BigBrotr packages it into a kind 30166 event.<br/><br/><a href="https://bigbrotr.com/blog/building-a-nostr-relay-monitor/">https://bigbrotr.com/blog/building-a-nostr-relay-monitor/</a><br/><br/>#nostr #python #bigbrotr #nip66 <br/><br/> 2026-03-13T23:19:25Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspm8g7zw3enxth5stc8y6a99tuskmm6tsz59uau4p86vv5nd8v4uczyzqfpk0crfqkl3ylk5f55a767dvjetdcrh6zs0uqn8fjyj9mezz52ngzknq Dumping every event from a Nostr relay should be simple. Now it is.<br/>Pick your filters, set a time window, async for. All events, in order, no gaps. If it stops, restart from where you left off.<br/><br/><a href="https://bigbrotr.com/blog/streaming-events-from-nostr-relays/">https://bigbrotr.com/blog/streaming-events-from-nostr-relays/</a><br/><br/>#nostr #python #bigbrotr <br/><br/> 2026-03-13T23:18:02Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0mfxu7887fhufwcumgga99ue77d37cgu3fj2x5jtfr2mnsw2s8eszyzqfpk0crfqkl3ylk5f55a767dvjetdcrh6zs0uqn8fjyj9mezz52d7vex8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2l3dyzmdxf9f6799hnpl0nkgf206ekxgqrcgtvqd2nf4cq5hwtxs0g3rgx'>nevent1q…3rgx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>(3/3) What this means for you<br/><br/>You have options:<br/><br/>- Use our public data if it&#39;s useful<br/>- Run your own instance if you want independence<br/>- Audit our methods if you&#39;re skeptical<br/>- Fork and improve if you disagree<br/><br/>We&#39;re not gatekeepers. We&#39;re not the source of truth.<br/><br/>We&#39;re infrastructure — like a relay, but for observability.<br/><br/>🌐 bigbrotr.com<br/>💻 github.com/bigbrotr<br/><br/>#nostr #bitcoin #opensource<br/> <br/><br/> 2025-12-02T13:03:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2l3dyzmdxf9f6799hnpl0nkgf206ekxgqrcgtvqd2nf4cq5hwtxszyzqfpk0crfqkl3ylk5f55a767dvjetdcrh6zs0uqn8fjyj9mezz52m3z58r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz0jf650exrez7dfngrw67rma6z2zxjwur6036ww73gy04ygfzvmgjpjewm'>nevent1q…jewm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>(2/3) Our answer: don&#39;t trust us<br/><br/>Seriously.<br/><br/>BigBrotr is not an authority. It&#39;s a tool you can run yourself.<br/><br/>Every line of code is public. Every methodology is documented. Every conclusion is reproducible.<br/><br/>If you can&#39;t verify how we collect data, process it, and draw conclusions — then our infrastructure is incompatible with Nostr&#39;s values.<br/><br/>&#34;Don&#39;t trust, verify&#34; isn&#39;t just for Bitcoin. It&#39;s for everything built on top of decentralized networks. <br/><br/> 2025-12-02T13:02:34Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz0jf650exrez7dfngrw67rma6z2zxjwur6036ww73gy04ygfzvmgzyzqfpk0crfqkl3ylk5f55a767dvjetdcrh6zs0uqn8fjyj9mezz52g8ycn8 🧵 Thread: The Trust Paradox (1/3)<br/><br/>Nostr exists to eliminate trusted third parties.<br/><br/>No company controls your identity. No server owns your content. No authority decides what you can say.<br/><br/>But then you need tools to understand the network. Relay monitors. Analytics. Health checks.<br/><br/>And suddenly you&#39;re back to trusting someone.<br/><br/>&#34;Trust our data. Trust our metrics. Trust us.&#34;<br/><br/>That&#39;s a problem.<br/><br/>#nostr #bitcoin #opensource #plebchain <br/><br/> 2025-12-02T13:01:26Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfe26jq69e4w9p4l282cf7me9m4xulq5menn2j63y2xu27cl6xcrgzyzqfpk0crfqkl3ylk5f55a767dvjetdcrh6zs0uqn8fjyj9mezz52kc5ce2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstk3rsjqv4pp7wpx75xlp8xsq3j42mwwu25jldckzacsjq0rq86zc59jjsw'>nevent1q…jjsw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>(3/3) Our principles<br/><br/>🔓 Open source — everything MIT-licensed, forever<br/>🔍 Open data — no gatekeepers, no paywalls<br/>🔁 Reproducible — run your own instance, verify our findings yourself<br/><br/>We don&#39;t want to be the authority on Nostr. We want to give everyone the tools to see for themselves.<br/><br/>🌐 bigbrotr.com<br/>💻 github.com/bigbrotr<br/><br/>Over the coming weeks we&#39;ll share what we&#39;ve built. Stay tuned.<br/><br/>What would you study if you had visibility into the entire Nostr network?<br/><br/>#nostr #bitcoin #opensource <br/><br/> 2025-12-02T12:43:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstk3rsjqv4pp7wpx75xlp8xsq3j42mwwu25jldckzacsjq0rq86zczyzqfpk0crfqkl3ylk5f55a767dvjetdcrh6zs0uqn8fjyj9mezz52lnfwl2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2uvvssl878qjeuy4v8qgznfpeevhnkqert3vca5knfgtkp3p3rfc4kumej'>nevent1q…umej</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>(2/3) Our mission<br/><br/>Decentralization needs observability to thrive.<br/><br/>BigBrotr provides infrastructure for understanding Nostr at scale:<br/><br/>📡 Relay health — reachability, uptime, behavior over time<br/>📨 Event dynamics — propagation, redundancy, distribution patterns<br/>👥 User behavior — publishing patterns, relay choices, social graph evolution<br/>🔎 Network security — anomaly detection, exploit identification, abuse patterns<br/><br/>This enables longitudinal analysis, empirical research, and early detection of threats — from spam waves to coordinated attacks.<br/><br/>Real data. No assumptions. <br/><br/> 2025-12-02T12:42:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2uvvssl878qjeuy4v8qgznfpeevhnkqert3vca5knfgtkp3p3rfczyzqfpk0crfqkl3ylk5f55a767dvjetdcrh6zs0uqn8fjyj9mezz528tr03l 🧵 Thread: Introducing BigBrotr (1/3)<br/><br/>Nostr has no central authority. That&#39;s the point.<br/><br/>But decentralization creates blind spots. Without visibility into the network, fundamental questions go unanswered:<br/><br/>- How does the Web of Trust form and evolve?<br/>- How do events propagate across relays?<br/>- Which relays stay reachable over time? Which disappear?<br/>- What does the social graph reveal about network health?<br/>- How can we detect spam or malicious behavior without centralized moderation?<br/>- Are there exploits or attack patterns we should be aware of?<br/><br/>These questions matter for users, developers, researchers, and the protocol itself.<br/><br/>We built BigBrotr to make them answerable.<br/><br/>Made possible by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqs8suecw4luyht9ekff89x4uacneapk8r5dyk0gmn6uwwurf6u9ruspzpmhxue69uhkumewwd68ytnrwghszrnhwden5te0dehhxtnvdakz7d8grcu" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>OpenSats</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…grcu</span>)</a></span> 🧡<br/><br/>#nostr #bitcoin #opensource #plebchain #grownostr<br/> <br/><br/> 2025-12-02T12:41:56Z