https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2023-November/022152.html
Interesting comment by Peter Todd when discussing the possible use of nostr as a new protocol for the bitcoin-dev mailing list. His comments are not particular to that usage though:
"
Strong NACK on nostr. It's a badly designed, centralized, protocol that needs a
significant redesign to be usable. While off topic for this mailing list, some
of its many issues include:
* Reliance on single-key, cryptography that often results in people having
their keys compromised. This is a serious problem in the context of
bitcoin-dev, where faked messages published could easily have market-moving
results.
* Inability to mirror relays: since nostr deliberately ignores the lessons of
blockchains, there is no way to be sure that you have a complete set of
messages from a given person, for a given topic, etc.
* Highly centralized design: since mirroring relays isn't reliable, in reality
nostr operates in a highly centralized fashion, dependent on a tiny number of
relays that can't be easily replaced if taken down.
"
He was replying to this proposal by Ademan (npub19je…pt7r) (I believe).
fiatjaf (npub180c…h6w6) jb55 (npub1xts…kk5s) PABLOF7z (npub1l2v…ajft) Cameri (npub1qqq…n47m) ODELL (npub1qny…95gx)
mambru /
npub12m…h0ysr
2023-11-08 11:59:07
Author Public Key
npub12mdvv7amnzl0mfl58umk0cm0c3l0tj2tl7f276fjy3s24tnnygdqeh0ysrPublished at
2023-11-08 11:59:07Event JSON
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