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John Carvalho

How do you know the difference between "pushing" and "pulling" when it is new info from new people?
What is the proper way to share new software without frightening you?

2024-11-05 11:27:37

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That's great if your network is informed and perfect, but will fail to pick up on new info, especially if you reject it on instinct.
You don't have to use social heuristics for everything, you can read the info and judge for yourself, then you BECOME one of those people that people "pull" from.
Anyway, if you aren't interested it's okay, I'm just not here to humor any narratives meant to protect ignorance.

2024-11-05 08:11:10

It would be unhealthy to think of all new tech as "competition" to Nostr.
Nostr is not Bitcoin, it isn't an investment that will mature and make you rich (unless you get funded by Jack?).
Nostr is derivative networking protocol tech that builds on the ideas of many people before it (including my own, believe it or not). It is tech that already has been improved upon in various ways, both inside and outside the Nostr community.
Pubky is a strict improvement to Nostr and if that makes you uncomfortable, the cure is to learn more, not to attack it like it is some sort of virus or scam.
I have dedicated the past 12 years of my life to Bitcoin and freedom technology, and the Synonym team has similar stories. Do you really want to just ignore us and discredit us out of spite?
Is that what you want this community to represent, some sort of tribe with taboos and strict allegiances?
That is not how to compete with Bluesky and Big Tech.
Anyway, we will keep doing what we do regardless of any hate, and we will be ready for you and accepting when you arrive to our ideas.
Thank you for your consideration.
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2024-11-01 20:28:12

Your key is your self-sovereign domain name.
No ICANN.
No blockchains.
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2024-11-01 13:08:40

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I will add another dimension to this.
Whatever is possible in Nostr is possible in Pubky.
Not everything possible in Pubky is possible in Nostr.
Whatever schemes you deploy to achieve the features of Pubky won't be simpler or as resistant, but we could easily add signed event-based data and ofc we will have tools for syncing and mirroring.
Just change Nostr to PKARR, then we can fight about the data format later, man!

2024-11-01 12:59:58

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Please link to your other feedback, I didnt see it.
At scale, Nostr ultimately needs multiple relays running at enormous scale to have any hope of a large "marketplace" (twitter, telegram, whatever). As the network grows, amateur relays will fall away, and you will be where we started with a handful of major providers.
The idea that there would be reliable relays with consistent data for many people is fantasy. There will be what there is today, businesses offering hosting/servers for users/businesses, and a few people hosting things themselves.
So, Pubky is designed around giving users a way to easily switch their provider if needed.
There is no question where to find me, or which sessions are authorized. There is no putting private keys directly into applications.
If I want to have a Pubky business profile/account, i don't have to share privkeys or make retarded future-proof msig schemes.
I can keep my keys cold, and hot swap or modify my endpoints in a verifiable and secure way while taking advantage of any (compatible) centralized provider I prefer.

2024-11-01 11:42:14

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Okay, but she just wants to know what you think about Pubky.
ofc each side is biased, that isn't really interesting, what is interesting is how the two things are different, and maybe how they could be more similar...

2024-10-31 09:29:48

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Pubky & Pears both use a (different) DHT to store key info, but that is probably the only similarity.
We use the largest network on the internet as verifiable DNS to achieve every key use case you could think of, putting users totally in control no matter who hosts their data.
Pears uses Hyperswarm DHT to locate append-logs that can have lazy replication.
These are quite distinct use cases, which is why we don't use Hyperswarm and why they don't use Mainline DHT.

2024-09-12 08:16:45

https://x.com/Synonym_to/status/1833907090567602589
Selfie Records are the logical extreme of things like BOLT12 addresses, Lightning Addresses, and any other centralized, censorable, user-impractical solution for identity or payment protocol.
This stuff is great for superficial convenience, but all petname/nickname/naming schemes ultimately require an authority to define the namespace and accounts.
Personally, I think name-squatting is dumb, and I would rather people focus on making it practical to use a key-based web. So that's what we are working on. We are working on actually self-sovereign identity and a new web around it.
So, if you think DNS is cool, I encourage to take a look at a solution we have already released, PKARR: https://github.com/pubky/pkarr
It's the best decentralized identity solution we could think of, and that we know of. It is being used by Iroh, and TBD, and soon, Synonym.
This alone fixes most of what's wrong with Nostr, ignores what is cruft from DIDs, and is powered by the most decentralized network on the planet, Mainline DHT, the same network that has been providing torrents to you for decades.
Learn more at Plan B Lugano in October.

2024-07-18 10:41:10

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btw, it is worth considering that the reason i am caring about what you do is because of some amount of interest and respect, and desire to collaborate
maybe you dont care, that is fine, but some re-evalution of your comments and perspectives here might be worth it, as i dont see any way to actually collab with anyone in nostr or ecash on reasonable terms right now, without "bending the knee" in some form

2024-07-18 10:37:20

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some smart people just get triggered because they have this reflexive "that's not the way, I know the real way" response. sounds great, how about you contribute? that's where they suddenly turn quiet again.

2024-07-18 10:33:58

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That's one way to handle criticism...

2024-07-18 08:50:01

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So if I link you to better things than NWS, you will contribute instead of hype its silly design?
Consider the opposite perspective.
Someone's style in replying is not relevant really. What matters is whether they complaining or criticizing.
You can discern this by whether they are providing advice with their criticism.
Sometimes, if they are rude, it is a reaction to the hubris, not merely jealousy or whatever.

2024-07-18 08:20:33

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Sometimes the critics are trying to help.
The NWS stuff is a naive design, and not actually novel if you check some research.

2024-07-18 08:12:38

Why can't I reply to anyone on Primal?

2024-07-03 16:56:27

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I suppose all I can recommend is that you cry harder. Either consume the ideas in the post and take what you can from them, or cry about my judgments of nostr culture. I don't care too much.

2024-07-03 10:02:34

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afaik nostr has almost no censorship-resistance to file-sharing that would make it a sustainable place for piracy. Relays are just like websites, and just as censorable, and just as responsible for the data they host.

2024-07-03 09:57:43

People like noting & fearing the concept of "network effect" when it comes to "social media" apps.
What people want is to connect, for various reasons. They connect via "marketplaces" which is what social media apps really are.
Each of the "algorithms" in these "social media" marketplaces allow "matching" of data, just like an order book in an exchange. The exchanged data may contain messages, files, metadata, payments, etc.
Understand that when you are building a "social" app, or any app that connects people, you are building a marketplace where the service you provide is matching peers with what they are looking for.
It isn't some silly opportunity to build in virtue-signaling tools or incidental tipping features. You are building a marketplace, literally and figuratively.
Your job is to connect people, to connect data, not worry about how difficult it will be to convert people. If you solve their problems better, they will use your network... and most people use multiple networks anyway.
Focus on why people would ever use your app at all. Do you seriously think most people care about tipping? About censorship? Most people don't like tipping and most people aren't censored. What can your app actually do better than other apps?
Is your app just some reactive fomo nonsense response to a niche hype cycle? Are you chasing a bandwagon or solving problems in new ways?
This is part of the thinking behind what are building at Synonym, which we will share in October, and have already started leaking pieces of, if you're paying attention.

2024-06-22 10:09:10

The little cars on the Uber map aren't yellow and blue anymore.
The loading animations on Google Maps and Figma are Pride colors now.
Why was war in my ride app?
Why is sex in my design app?

2024-06-21 06:11:24

Which nostr app has the most active users?

2024-06-19 05:43:44

So what is the zapping culture actually like?
Is it just people tipping famous people, or fishing for tips?
What subculture has emerged here?

2024-06-18 07:54:46

People ask for my opinion on token protocols & ecash designs a lot.
So we designed and wrote out how we think this set of problems should be solved.
We also made public some research we have been in stealth with for months here as well.
Learn about Atomicity, PKARR, Paykit, Rumble, Offset and more:
https://github.com/synonymdev/atomicity/

2024-06-18 07:48:49

Verifying my Twitter account is bitcoinerrorlog