LogicallyMinded on Nostr: I’m not familiar on how the web of trust mechanism is being applied to #nostr ...
I’m not familiar on how the web of trust mechanism is being applied to #nostr relays. It seems like an interesting idea but my main concern would be to know by who and how the web of trust algorithm is determined. It seems it could ultimately act as a #censorship mechanism.
Obviously Nostr has to be able to handle spam attacks such as the #ReplyGuy but this shouldn’t be at the cost of losing its censorship resistant properties.
Another alternative worth exploring would be for each npub to prove that its owner isn’t a bot but a human through the use of #ProofOfPersonhood protocols such as #Idena, #Humanode or #Holonym. A PoP aggregator such as the #GitcoinPassport could also be an option.
Of course this would add some significant friction for users hence it’s preferable that an alternative method is found to handle spam. However, we should remain vigilant that the censorship resistant nature of Nostr remains unaffected.
Web of trust and social graph are on the way. Nostr devs are working on interesting solutions for getting high signal non-bot feedback you can actually use to determine the quality of the profile. We won't just need to rely on follower counts. Satellite devs are hacking out solutions to the social graph and web of trust as we speak.
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2024-09-09 05:34:44Event JSON
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