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So it turns out #nostr is genius level protocol design

quoting nevent1q…hqev

#nostr is the EASIEST to use social network

If you want an account that can't be rugged and dm's that can't be decrypted by a third party

On Mastodon you need to

- install and run your own server [*]

On Bluesky you need to

- install and run your own server [**]
- create a did:web identity document and host it on a domain you control and use network commands to create and configure a Bluesky account to use it [***]

On Nostr you need to

- store your nsec like any other password and maybe install a browser extension

[*] and if you want to use other ActivityPub apps you may need to run more (different) servers

[**] and even then your server can be blocked from the network

[***] and your identity can still be rugged by whichever entity controls the TLD, although that's a small risk

quoting nevent1q…cduk

Summary by Rabble (nprofile…02dz)



nevent1q…2a9p

quoting nevent1q…dxw0

Protocol complexity is, everything else being equal, bad for decentralization

Fewer independent developers and infrastructure providers = less decentralization

quoting nevent1q…5vqn

Interesting, dev tried to build group chat style app on top of ATprotocol and found it was too slow to work. I’ve always been amazed at how fast Nostr is but I haven’t yet seen a clear thing that is performance related that works on Nostr and not ATProtocol.

https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.mom/post/3l74hmtbg42bt

quoting nevent1q…y0hl

I don't think it's appreciated enuf how much of a stunning 🎯 Nostr is in the set of tradeoffs that form protocol design

Benefits

* the identity sovereignty of P2P but without the performance and discoverability downsides
* the performance and discoverability of ATProto and ActivityPub but without the centralization of the former, the account portability issues of the latter, and the ruggability of both
* the accessibility of ActivityPub and the flexibility of ATProto

Costs

* users need to store their nsec securely, like a password 🙃