Byzantine on Nostr: yeah it is called torrents. papers are hashed and packaged into dht and users ...
yeah it is called torrents. papers are hashed and packaged into dht and users download via magnet links
The academic monopoly chain:
Researchers create → Paywalled publishing → Users pay to download (including the authors themselves) → Publishers keep profiting 💸
Now even decentralized platforms like Sci-Hub are starting to introduce token-based paywalls.
🤔 Shall we build a decentralized academic publishing network on Nostr?
Published at
2025-05-31 16:28:28Event JSON
{
"id": "bd6e166a30a1422725b52b94443625bfb48b69513222cef99d82709e4d8e68aa",
"pubkey": "5d1d83de3ee5edde157071d5091a6d03ead8cce1d46bc585a9642abdd0db5aa0",
"created_at": 1748708908,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"q",
"a3f8408d6e175845319b67aa292f24e36fca98ed2f5cc759da53c26215436576",
"",
"32dc4f259c3a7ce6ad130ef4771069d70d0ba6a55ce960fac4e439a3f95ddcce"
],
[
"p",
"32dc4f259c3a7ce6ad130ef4771069d70d0ba6a55ce960fac4e439a3f95ddcce"
]
],
"content": "yeah it is called torrents. papers are hashed and packaged into dht and users download via magnet links \nnostr:nevent1qqs287zq34hpwkz9xxdk023f9ujwxm72nrkj7hx8t8d98snzz4pk2aszyqedcne9nsa8ee4dzv80gacsd8ts6zax54wwjc86cnjrnglethwvuqcyqqqqqqgahska6",
"sig": "7fa6af251386703e5ae82c81b54ad4a6ac5d7071102716e3f8b80a6ee2828d5e2b72a764d52a8f763bcc90d02d065c6e3b663be56118d7502d7186d8b435c7c0"
}
