Max Hillebrand on Nostr: I still marvel at the concept of SEC nym chat When many people know the same private ...
I still marvel at the concept of SEC nym chat (nprofile…m47p)
When many people know the same private key, they enjoy fully anonymous group DMs and group announcements.
People who know the key can sign and encrypt messages to it, which only the other group members can read, but even they don't know who actually signed the message. It's a refreshing change to not know the identity of a speaker, you focus on the message, not the messenger, and high quality ideas are generally promoted.
Likewise anyone in the group can sign a kind 1 and make public posts to the nostr, where again nobody knows which exact individual signed this message.
This is such a trivial solution, and it's amazing how well it actually works. Yet we can apply zero knowledge cryptography to have more secure access rights while still ensuring anonymity of the participants.
When many people know the same private key, they enjoy fully anonymous group DMs and group announcements.
People who know the key can sign and encrypt messages to it, which only the other group members can read, but even they don't know who actually signed the message. It's a refreshing change to not know the identity of a speaker, you focus on the message, not the messenger, and high quality ideas are generally promoted.
Likewise anyone in the group can sign a kind 1 and make public posts to the nostr, where again nobody knows which exact individual signed this message.
This is such a trivial solution, and it's amazing how well it actually works. Yet we can apply zero knowledge cryptography to have more secure access rights while still ensuring anonymity of the participants.