> Nostr Message → Uhm, wait what? What are we talking about.
SMS (Short Message System), DM (Direct Message), Messanger, etc
A message, what else could be in a social context? A communication between two parties.
This seems quite logical and straightforward.
> Nostr DMs → Oops, that cannot be a thing without a centralized server.
Why? NIP-17 are decentralized DMs. And the NIP actually call them exactly "direct messages".
dtonon / daniele
npub100…8vwqk
2025-05-13 19:25:52
in reply to nevent1q…zhsk
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wss://relay.damus.ioPublished at
2025-05-13 19:25:52Event JSON
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