melvincarvalho
Melvin Carvalho

https://melvincarvalho.com/

Mathematician and Web Developer

Public Key

npub1melv683fw6n2mvhl5h6dhqd8mqfv3wmxnz4qph83ua4dk4006ezsrt5c24

NIP-05 Address

_@melvincarvalho.com

NIP-57 Address

melvincarvalho@btip.nl

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsdulkdrc5hdf4dktl6taxmsxnasykghdnf32sqmnc7w6km2hhav3gpz4mhxue69uhkg6t5w3hjuur4vghhyetvv9usz9rhwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjmcl5s7gq

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ditto.pub/relay

relay.damus.io

relay.nostr.band

Author Public Key

npub1melv683fw6n2mvhl5h6dhqd8mqfv3wmxnz4qph83ua4dk4006ezsrt5c24

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2024-11-19 17:28:34

Bluesky catching instagram/threads. Nostr could learn a lot from bluesky on-boarding and growth strategies.
https://image.nostr.build/755d956c87f8f6e3a9aa5f489fcf8e4d89b470a50d7f7f3d3aac15da3da0f7db.jpg

2024-11-17 18:08:25

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Ah, but there are consequences, for both the gamer and the gamed. You could steal something from a low security super market, but you might find myself paying a price.

2024-11-17 17:34:04

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Testnet3. They are the same picture.

2024-11-17 03:28:51

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This is not a serious argument. Jack's generous donations amount to about $1mm a month and makes a massive impact. Especially since most non-payroll devs have left.

2024-11-17 02:02:11

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Dont forget an important fact that Jack funds nostr to the tune of about 1 million dollars a month just to keep the lights on. Without that, you would see a very different situation. That is a central point of failure right there, that cannot be wished away.

2024-11-17 01:42:34

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The point is that nostr is not real decentralization, and neither is bluesky. Each model has trade-offs. And can learn from each other. A good path to success is to avoid the "either/or" fallacy aka binary thinking. Satoshi was a master at this. In fact, the word decentralized never appears in the white paper, but distributed occurs 6 times!

2024-11-17 00:21:48

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Will was not around when we built nostr, he came to it quite late. I totally agree that his work on damus was, and continues to be instrumental. As I say he is one of the better ones. But the group think is around slagging off projects like blue sky and not trying to learn and make nostr better. Mocking other projects that have been way more successful is wrong. It should be rejected. Nostr needs to transform from an insular project to a collaborative one. It's the only way forward.

2024-11-16 22:56:16

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Not quite everyone, Rabble is very good. Will IMHO is one of the better ones, but he is certainly in the group that would rather throw stones, than look and learn, and make nostr better. It's sad that this toxic positivity has taken over so much developement to the extent where it's hard for nostr to improve.
Bluesky did a lot of things well. Especially growth. They invested in infrastructure and it paid off big. They created a great UX with simple features that users wanted.
Nostr does have a large investment 10s of millions from the foundations via jack. Its silly to say that nostr has to be 100x smaller than other protocols because reasons.
Nonetheless there are some good projects in nostr outside of damus. Ditto and nos.social are two projects looking to learn and build bridges. Also chachi chat is great. I would target investment in the outward looking projects, rather than folks that want to mock projects that were smaller and grew 100x bigger.

2024-11-16 22:39:48

angel
https://melvin.solid.social/public/video/angel.mp4

2024-11-16 13:41:52

WebVM 2.0: A complete Linux Desktop Environment in the browser via WebAssembly
https://labs.leaningtech.com/blog/webvm-20

2024-11-12 01:07:58

#bitcoin just flipped facebook and silver to become the 8th biggest asset in the world. It could become #7 in the next day. Im constantly amazed by the success of this open-source project.
https://image.nostr.build/621acf6e63def2636efb502d684692d70b3a67b145ceb38d7a6b05f96948147a.jpg

2024-11-09 22:34:19

We should make a board game called Nostr GO, where you get a bird like an ostrich that goes round a board of collecting stuff. Would be fun if open source.
https://melvin.solid.social/public/video/ostrich.mp4

2024-11-09 14:36:48

HTML to Markdown
https://html-to-markdown.com/

2024-11-08 21:22:18

car #ai #art
https://melvin.solid.social/public/video/car.mp4

2024-11-07 14:51:42

What is needed is a domain name resolution system based on cryptographic proof instead of trust, allowing any two parties to interact directly without the need for a central authority.

2024-11-07 10:37:39

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Strange language isnt it? The web that spies on you is NOT called the "dark" web. The regular unspied upon web is called "dark". I recommend listening to Snowden's talks. He argues convincingly that they will remove privacy from the biggest parts of the web, or add KYC. And everything else will just be marked as suspicious. They'll come after that whether you've done something wrong or not.

2024-11-05 16:40:12

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https://video.nostr.build/d75615a2171845733b8dce7b46b7f7a1fef678bfc192db66e7207303c7adab43.mp4

2024-11-05 00:43:33

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Somewhat surprised to see you arguing in favour of an ICANN only approach.

2024-11-05 00:15:57

I used an impartial bot to analyze the contents of Bit Karrot's post for propaganda content. You can check for yourself. In response:
Looks like the main issue here is a classic "either/or" fallacy—he’s stuck in a binary mindset, pushing ICANN as the only way while ignoring how decentralized options could actually complement it. It’s a bit of a troll move, framing things to look like a choice when, in reality, both systems have strengths worth combining.
https://chatgpt.com/g/g-dNdvcTUSc-proper-gander
https://image.nostr.build/84531e1f5d94a46876db5537afbc63b3a645997c9907d0c4c0971bcd960b27fe.jpg

2024-11-04 22:55:16

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Works on ditto. Not a fan am amethyst, myself.

2024-11-04 19:59:37

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You analyzed it correctly. Makes every npub a censorship-resistant dns so you can own a piece of the internet.
Where nostr is 6 nodes #pubky is 6 million.
The two systems can work together but pubky is working now. Nostr could integrate it. It might take a day, it might take a year, but it wont take 10 years.
Users get 10x or 100x more options. So some are adopting early.

2024-11-04 19:23:45

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Would it be possible to change DNS servers in chrome? Or use a proxy like privoxy?

2024-11-04 18:29:14

Even mastodon lets me put my #pubky in my profile. Wen Nostr?
https://image.nostr.build/f916db5f0152320a09af666b2210be2a5985668f9c65be4538a42ac1158e1b9e.jpg

2024-11-04 15:09:15

Took me ages to find this. But worth watching 1 minute of this. I set the time stamp.
Inventor of the web being asked what he would have done differently. #pubky fixes this!
https://www.youtube.com/live/N_DvBPnNigM?t=1965s

2024-11-04 14:35:38

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https://ditto.pub/

2024-11-04 13:40:42

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Gotcha. Not an amethyst fan. So nothing surprises me with that client.

2024-11-04 13:17:44

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Which app is this?

2024-11-04 07:39:12

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You are conflating random outcomes with games of skill. There's no place you can go from that starting point. FWIW bayesian analysis is what you want to use here.
Adoption is correlated to supply demand dynamics, but folks normally misguess the impact. For example lightning is everywhere but only actually 5000 btc. Capital is more important.
Prohibition is likely to happen on alt coins, these things dont happen fast and are given with lots of notice. There could be prohibition in the next 14 months, but that would be an unexpected game-changing event. More likely is a liquidation. Or something like a contentious fork that could split the chain. Then all bets are off.
However supply/demand with a business-as-usual next year, should see it trend to 100k+.

2024-11-03 22:15:16

Done some basic calcs, based on inflows, exchange coins, ratios etc. Barring a game-changing event, btc will hit 100k before end of next year.

2024-11-03 15:34:50

Completely AI generated FPS game
https://oasis.decart.ai/starting-point
https://image.nostr.build/5f98b582a71107c65dc33f10da5c6ba06a34b142ab1b5a79e63c5aafb3e70233.jpg

2024-11-03 11:42:08

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Surely this is solved already by using a CNAME?

2024-11-03 11:20:17

This is impressive work. Now, if you put your decentralized censorship resistant domain name in your NIP-05, you might just win the internet!
#nevent1q…e2ss

2024-11-02 23:27:49

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Yes, we should. Users will win. But I think developers feel they will lose something. I dont know, it is strange.

2024-11-02 23:18:03

Whoever wins between #nostr and #pubky, I can’t lose since I’ve got both. The nsecs are the same in each systems. It’s like having both an Android and an iPhone; either way, I get the best of both worlds. But then it hit me – we just recreated walled gardens all over again. Why can’t these systems work together seamlessly? How did we end up back here, building fences instead of bridges?

2024-11-02 05:52:55

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Appreciate the perspective! The strength ratings are meant as a guide to highlight key points in the analysis, but they're not absolute. The goal is simply to give structure to the insights, which anyone can interpret as they see fit.

2024-11-02 05:43:59

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I used an impartial bot to analyze the note above for propagandistic content. See table below.
While there’s a good point about the increase in TLDs, global names clearly have utility, as shown by the fact that people are willing to pay for them. A system that provides a level playing field and avoids large price increases (like those seen with ENS) would be ideal.
One possible approach is to let users choose their short names, with a tie-breaking method if multiple users want the same name. Bitcoin's UTXO model could be well-suited for this purpose, though Namecoin faced challenges with implementation.
https://image.nostr.build/559492aca9aa4e481912909f5996165595499136968630958ed2ab1ae1ea9583.jpg

2024-11-01 20:41:14

They said it couldnt be done. Censorship-resistant relays powered by #pubky and decentralzed DNS.
#nevent1q…e2ss
https://image.nostr.build/30102198a8bc9e6c57a761b41d7432d52933e81c74d626cb3340b5e6d7ce4dc0.jpg

2024-11-01 20:34:51

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Bitcoin was not built for any one reason. It had a number of different properties, without knowing which, if any would take off.
Of all of them, the SoV use case, was perhaps the most unlikely. But it ended up being the one that caught people's imaginations. Nobody knew at $7 that it would go to $70,000, but that's what happened. Amazingly.
Now, an important thing. Given that is how bitcoin has developed, there is a social contract between those that build it, work on it, maintain it, and the user base. We have to respect the way in which bitcoin is used. And that is primarily as a SoV.
Anyone that is NOT doing that is simply flexing, and putting their own ego before the project. These are the dangerous people, because they will bur the thing to the ground if they dont get what they want, far more than any competitor.
As you rightly state, bitcoin is for everyone, and that gives them the freedom to do what they want with bitcoin. Anyone saying otherwise is an attack on bitcoin.

2024-11-01 16:18:12

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Some good points. Read Quigley on this.

2024-11-01 15:05:49

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#pubky, like the internet, is a layered solution, designed to scale.
Nostr does one thing well, transmitting notes and other stuff, from one user to another, using relays (which are web servers).
Pubky tackles DNS, which nostr could import to allow every pubky to own a their own piece of the internet, in a censorshp-resistant way. This would be great for users, but, understandably, a bit scary for others.
Pubky can also use web server, and they could use nostr relays, or even tor, because it's a layered solution. It's not really in competition.

2024-11-01 14:25:33

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Nope, that is short names. This is pubkeys. Imagine every user had uncensorable DNS for their npub. For free. You dont need an auction because pubkeys are unique to the user, and the user can prove they own it. Imagine you could click on a user npub in your client and it will take you to their own part of the internet they control (opt-in) could be anywhere, including Tor. A place where they can express themselves and excercise free speech, on top of nostr. And there's no way to censor it. It's much more like dnstr, zerobit is like namecoin which is harder problem.
https://dnstr.org/

2024-11-01 14:04:40

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It uses bittorrent Mainline which has 20 million nodes, so its really hard to censor. Im kicking myself for never thinking of this.

2024-11-01 09:54:33

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A better question is to ask yourself what nostr solves.
Nostr sends notes, and other stuff, from one user to another, using relays (web servers) in realtime.
This is better than the status quo, because if one relay goes down, you can use another, and you (hopefully) have not lost everything.
#pubky is provably censorship-resistant DNS. It has millions of nodes, and 15 years of track record, most famously via Bittorrent mainline.
Censorship resistant DNS is a big idea because it allows anyone to express themselves. To stop it you would have to take down 20 million nodes (as opposed to 2-3 relays) and then 100s more would spring up.
Each project does different things. Nostr improves on the status quo by relaying notes. Let nostr be nostr.
#pubky solves a big idea which is to decentralize DNS, which has become the acchiles heel of the web. It also gives access to dozens of massive nettworks (e.g. git) many bigger than nostr already.
Since they both use the same private key users can have one or both if they choose. There is a powerful intersection that some of us are now exploring. My mind is blown with the possibilities.

2024-11-01 09:10:42

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Good to know. What language? There's a few different options in the space, I think.

2024-11-01 08:39:49

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"random"

2024-10-31 23:41:40

A very fortunate thing is that #nostr and #pubkey use exactly the same private keys. With that private key you can recreate the whole of your nostr account. And with the SAME private key you can recreate the whole of your pubkey account. Users in one system get all the features of the other for free. Whether by design or luck, this works out well for the users of both systems.

2024-10-31 23:06:05

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Im hopeful that #subkeys will come to pass

2024-10-31 17:05:20

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You might enjoy hailou ai video. 3 day free trial. But if you pay $9.99 they give you 5x gens non-stop. I got about $150 of video gens. That was Uptober for me!

2024-10-31 16:14:04

proof-of-work > proof-of-larp

2024-10-31 14:22:26

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You dont wanna know. VCs are Race Capital, they invested in FTX, shitcoins and other bad things. Awful people.

2024-10-31 13:10:44

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I didnt think of this. But yes, that is very smart. I would not say *will* use it that way. More *could* use it that way. Nice thinking!

2024-10-31 12:58:04

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He didnt think like anyone else. His genius would shine through very fast.

2024-10-31 12:11:33

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Happens alot. Did you know that daniele and fiatjaf snuck spyware into njump dot me (the link in the title), too?
Check it yourself.
When it comes to "open" source, dont trust, verify.

2024-10-31 10:53:18

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I am still learning. What I *think* is the case:
- yes all browsers can access the DNS records with a fetch
- i am still learning about how #pubky are going to do DNS servers
- Tor gives you a .onion address which you can share
- It can be access with the tor browser or command line
- I dont know about regular browsers accessing .onion sites, it probably needs some tool like a proxy
- I dont think chrome or firefox let you use .onion natively, Brave works
- on Brave browser hit alt+shift+N for new window, and type in the onion address, it works.

2024-10-31 09:42:30

If you read one thing today. Most OGs still do not fully understand this. Happy sweet 16, #bitcoin White Paper.
https://image.nostr.build/8dbd17539b1648fda51ebb9ff6cbc24775766142caeeefeeb2f8bd0c69abec7f.jpg

2024-10-31 05:39:47

Propaganda 103: Integration Propaganda
Integration propaganda isn’t about pushing for radical change; it’s about building a shared understanding of “how things are” to unify groups and projects. Unlike agitation propaganda, which stirs people to act, integration propaganda works quietly, weaving values and norms into everyday language, media, and culture. It’s key for aligning people with a vision, whether in large societies or small projects. But for it to be effective, it has to stay true and accurate—grounded in real experiences and honest values. When it drifts from reality, trust erodes, and cohesion falters.
From Jacques Ellul, Propaganda

2024-10-31 05:38:26

Why use tor?
Anonymity: Hides your identity by routing traffic through multiple servers.
Censorship Resistance: Access blocked sites and services in restricted areas.
Anti-Surveillance: Prevents tracking by ISPs, advertisers, and others.
Public Network Security: Adds protection when using public Wi-Fi.

2024-10-31 05:04:13

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Where is Ware?

2024-10-31 04:13:50

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You actually need someone like Elon to come in and cut half the funding, and redeploy it from the unproductive to the productive.

2024-10-30 21:42:29

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So, just as a quick reminder—Nostr has actually had quite a lot of funding. Even with around $1M each month, it hasn’t really seen sustained growth, so we have to consider what might happen without that level of support. If the funding were to dry up, it’s quite likely we’d see a real drop-off in users.
It feels like the relay network could have used more attention and funding early on. With that neglected, we’re seeing operators start to move on. And right now, there’s not much of a sustainable business model to rely on—practically no revenue streams. This makes it hard to envision a future without ongoing appeals for funding, especially to Jack, whose generosity has been key.
I think part of the challenge is that scaling just hasn’t been factored in. Simplicity can be great, but it doesn’t inherently scale. Now there’s talk of adding complexity through negentropy, which may end up fragmenting the network rather than improving things. It’s also easy to assume things scale by default, but most systems don’t—scaling takes deliberate work and careful planning. Nostr has struggled in this regard, and the NIPs have grown more centralized, which has also limited the flexibility needed for use cases and architecture. Only #ditto has really made an effort there.
The social graph portability in Nostr is actually very promising. It’s an elegant solution—using hashes to identify users is a technique we know well and can apply in many contexts. Other projects like #pubky are experimenting with similar approaches, and it’s encouraging to see the potential there.
However, Nostr’s main challenge remains quite fundamental. For it to become financially viable, it would need to grow by a factor of 100, yet it’s currently at its limit in terms of capacity. And since investment in relays has been limited, the network is unfortunately in decline.
That said, I can see Nostr’s relevance to the Bitcoin ecosystem, and supporting it can make sense from that perspective, even if it’s a philanthropic investment. But acknowledging the current challenges is essential if we’re ever going to fix them. Right now, the developer experience could be much better, and the relay network needs more focus. Some clients are hindering others, and the project’s leadership has room for improvement, especially compared to other open-source initiatives. And there are substantial opportunities we’re missing, particularly around taproot and financial markets, again due to centralization and group-think.
In short, Nostr offers a rich space for innovation that’s still largely untapped. Proof of concepts are valuable, but they don’t necessarily scale. Generous donations have provided stability, yet a more targeted strategy could make a significant difference. At this point, though, it’s still a cost center with a limited runway, reliant on the goodwill of its supporters. #ditto, on the other hand, has potential because it’s built on a different architecture. And by focusing on Taproot-based solutions and market-driven models, we’d allow the free market to decide what works—letting successful ideas flourish while phasing out those that don’t.

2024-10-30 20:53:31

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Cmon max. This is not right at all. Nostr clients are losing $1m a month, w/ revanue less than 1% of that. And no visible growth.
The relay network is unfunded and shrinking, all relay operators are losing money, and on the brink of throwing in the towel.
How does this make any sense. "we're early" or comparing nostr to bitcoin are not serious arguments.
I'm all for a rational bull case. But cant we do a bit better?

2024-10-30 19:44:38

#nostr = Unverifiable Censorship Resistance
#pubky = Verifiable Censorshp Resitance
Both are useful in different ways w/ trade-offs. But together they are much more powerful than one alone. It's a paradigm shift. It's a struggle. But, we will get there!

2024-10-30 19:42:35

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Yes, if you separate the data from the transport (a bit like nostr events) you see the completely decentralized nature. So you are not reliant of DHT but you benefit from the property of DHTs, namely, verifiable censorship resistance.

2024-10-30 19:36:28

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Two parts to this:
1. Call out the scammers building rigged things on a rigged system. Concur!
2. But this is also bitcoin's birth right, that they have taken away, and tainted. Bitcoin's next great step should have been to facilitate free markets. We are somewhat paralyzed by the fatigue.
Does (2) make sense to you?

2024-10-30 19:25:12

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92% use apps on mobile

2024-10-30 18:44:03

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You know this, right? It's all shit coiner funded and over hype. Thought you were aware of this ...

2024-10-30 18:36:47

Needs some testing but it looks like #pubky might enable every npub to become a tor address, when fully integrated. Not sure what a use case would be, but might be fun to play around.

2024-10-30 18:26:53

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You can already do this

2024-10-30 18:14:16

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Deinitely a case of #FAFO 😂
Do try it, but you have run it for ages on different use cases to see what bugs it spits out. And what it does to your network.

2024-10-30 18:11:25

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badly

2024-10-30 18:08:27

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I didnt say it was *impossible* to implement. I said it was overly complex. Nostr to-date has thrived on simplicity. That was the case before you were there, devs would come and try it out. The reason they would stick around was because of the simplicity. There is still going to be tons of relays running on the original nostr protocol, in any case. scsibug relay runs quite a lot still.

2024-10-30 17:59:42

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Fun fact: the dude that did http2 was also the guy that tried to fork bitcoin in the 2017 civil war.

2024-10-30 17:40:25

It seems likely that nostr will split into two networks. The simple vanilla nostr protocol that we use today and have used for the last 4 years.
And a new very complex network with a new untested protocol called negentropy.
Both will live together. And hopefully interoperate. There will be a lot of politics here especially from the big centralized players, and also from the small grass roots running simple nostr relays.
It's all good really. The only important thing is whether jack & co. will keep the lights on. Hopefully there will be a runway to try both systems for a while to come.

2024-10-30 17:36:59

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in this case it already has the "nostr" part logically separated
the evolution of the web was from the hyperlink, to typed links
solid does typed links which is the most advanced form of the web, npub was a hack because nostr doesnt have typed links (yet)

2024-10-30 17:29:43

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Hmmm difficult. Npubs have a very complex checksum that is never used and very difficult for solid to compute. It also is the wrong check sum (segwit, instead of taproot, doh!). Npub would serve zero purpose here as we already have a nostr predicate. Likely hex public key which is the canonical hex pubkey as better. Npub is a mess of technical debt but is likely to stick around.

2024-10-30 17:02:22

Woo, Tim Berners-Lee added nostr accounts to the profile pane on solid. One small step for the web. Combining systems is fun!
https://image.nostr.build/8b36dbaddaac5a094cb869e3dd0454e5b4bc19c8e37934976c62c8d8b1544ff4.jpg

2024-10-30 15:42:48

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Yes indeed. Nostr is still better than the status quo, because 3-4 relays is better than one central server. But you cant compare 3-4 relays with 3-4 million nodes. I have always considered nostr resilient like RAID, but the censorship-resistance is over hyped. If you want censorship resistance we now have a bullet proof way with millions of nodes, and decades long track record. Solution is to let nostr be nostr, and use the right tool for the right job.

2024-10-30 13:32:02

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Surely using multiple mints is a *higher* probability of getting rugged. Just you wont lose everything (hopefully!).

2024-10-30 13:25:06

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Carroll Quigley is worth a read

2024-10-30 12:59:15

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You realize you can just you can just ask ICANN to adopt this, or something close. Some bits will have to be cleaned up, though, first. I happen to meet them because they do their plenary in my home town every 2 years. They've been wanting to redesign DNS for ages. And in fact last time I met them they were talking about namecoin and how there was a way to spread it. And they were asking if they should put .arpa on the end of all their domains but not show that in the browser, which would let everyone have their own resolution. I said that was a bad idea! ICANN people are actually pretty cypherpunk if you get to know them, they consider DNS to be an old system and they would update it if there was a good solution.

2024-10-30 08:25:44

The #pubky team wrote a censorship-resistant chat system w/ privacy in one day. Works already on android, ios and the web. It's not perfect, but shows what is possible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa2O-u8lei4

2024-10-30 08:17:57

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Click on the settings icon

2024-10-30 08:14:39

The big difference between #pubky censorship-resistance and all others is that #pubkey is verifiable. It has a 15 year track record, millions of nodes, and simple, easy to run software, because it uses the existing proven bittorrent network. No other network is close to this, or will ever come close to this. Other claims of censorship-resistance are "trust, cant verify". #pubky is "verify, dont trust".

2024-10-30 08:09:48

Imagine you could paste your npub into an app or browser, and it gives back a censorship-resistant domain, under your control, you choose where it lives. That's the idea behind #pubky. Every user, which is a pubkey, has complete control over their own domain, and no one can censor it.

2024-10-30 07:38:56

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Legend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAQq5WHVgTk

2024-10-30 07:35:08

One way to get a #pubky address from a nostr privkey is
1. Go to : https://app.pkarr.org/?
2. Click on settings
3. Paste seed into app
4. Hit save
You now will have your own pubkey address and you will be able to set records in the censorship resistant (10 millon node) decentralized DNS
It also allows connection to 100+ different networks.

2024-10-30 07:30:00

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Good points, but I think you need also to SHOW that it's a open protocol. And be transparent. That is the only way to grow to a mid size protocol and bigger. A new user needs to be able to come to the protocol and see in a few clicks how it's goverened, who controls it, what the licenses are and what the evolution is. Developers will ask these questions. Ubuntu is a good example of doing this.

2024-10-30 07:20:13

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It's decentralized DNS that lets you use pubkeys as decentralized domains. Should be right up your street.

2024-10-29 19:21:30

https://image.nostr.build/50f3fbee61120feac9da9e8ba2d69424ab0eccdcb66b51ec24ddc9d7d1d4a595.png

2024-10-29 17:50:41

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omg your secret is 1234

2024-10-29 17:16:19

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It's native. Pubky ids work with git out-of-the box.

2024-10-29 15:26:23

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Take a look at #pubky it will allow (signed) git commits and remote pushes, including from the browser, when integrated with nostr.

2024-10-29 13:52:40

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I believe #pubky are working on rotation as a first-class use case. Some good bits and some bad bits in NIP-41. I favour #subkeys right now. Let's see how it develops, though.

2024-10-29 07:07:50

#pubky protocol already doing multi play games!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUzN68mNfP4

2024-10-28 23:16:56

How could nostr use #pubky decentralized DNS?
Easy. Instread of connecting to the relay URL which is governed by DNS.
You can connect directly to the relay pubkey. If for some reason the relay DNS is taken down. It can move to another site, or a hidden service. Users are automatically updated.
To prevent this you would have to take down 20 million nodes all over the world (much harder than silencing a relay). And even then, 100s can pop up in minutes, using existing software installed on 100+ million computers.
That's just one use case. #pubky has 100s.

2024-10-28 21:04:56

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It's dencentralized DNS using bittorrent network.

2024-10-28 20:44:41

#pubky tech lfg!
https://pubky.tech/
https://image.nostr.build/3fb60833b4e0ecba01fc5575c7c2f938593ab6fd58172bd58d40ef8374d91ebe.jpg

2024-10-28 18:33:39

Key Arguments:
1. The web is losing badly on mobile devices, despite dominating desktop
- Mobile accounts for 75%+ of new devices that can run browsers
- Web usage on mobile is stagnating/declining as a percentage of total mobile time
- The situation is worse in growing markets where mobile-first adoption happened
2. For the web to succeed as a platform, it needs to:
- Be frictionless and fresh
- Be safe by default
- Remain portable and interoperable
- Stay free from gatekeepers
- Maintain user control through standards and extensions
3. Major obstacles identified:
- Poor performance of JS-heavy websites on mobile devices
- Gatekeepers (Apple, Google, Facebook) limiting browser competition and capabilities
- Developer practices that prioritize desktop over mobile performance
- Widespread adoption of JS-first approaches that perform poorly on phones
4. Potential solutions suggested:
- Return to more HTML-first development approaches
- Improve mobile web performance significantly
- Break open browser competition on mobile
- Focus on user experience over developer convenience
- Use more responsible frameworks that prioritize performance
5. The stakes are high:
- Without change, the web risks becoming a "legacy curio"
- The market for web developers could stop expanding
- The open, interoperable future of computing could be foreclosed
The article argues this isn't inevitable, but requires significant changes in how we build for the web and how mobile platforms treat browsers.
#nevent1q…r4e6

2024-10-28 17:51:24

🤯
#nevent1q…l0ra

2024-10-28 17:47:14

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DB doesnt need to relay. Relaying is expensive. Just let a DB be a DB.