I was trying to explain the difference between Nostr and “decentralized” crypto social networks to someone the other day and I boiled it down to this:
Everything else assumes you already have a wallet like MetaMask and it forces you to connect it before you can even sign up, or you have to use an email address or even attach a centralized profile from another service to verify your identity.
On Nostr, by comparison, you just create a keypair. That’s it.
Sure, you’ll probably get pestered by everyone to add a Lightning address to your profile, but it’s entirely up to you if you want to be paid in the world’s best money for your stupid shitposts. 😆
daniel / The Daniel ⚡️ and 84 sats
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2025-05-30 19:17:58
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