mambru on Nostr: https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2023-November/022152.html ...
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Interesting comment by Peter Todd when discussing the possible use of nostr as a new protocol for the bitcoin-dev mailing list. His comments are not particular to that usage though:
"
Strong NACK on nostr. It's a badly designed, centralized, protocol that needs a
significant redesign to be usable. While off topic for this mailing list, some
of its many issues include:
* Reliance on single-key, cryptography that often results in people having
their keys compromised. This is a serious problem in the context of
bitcoin-dev, where faked messages published could easily have market-moving
results.
* Inability to mirror relays: since nostr deliberately ignores the lessons of
blockchains, there is no way to be sure that you have a complete set of
messages from a given person, for a given topic, etc.
* Highly centralized design: since mirroring relays isn't reliable, in reality
nostr operates in a highly centralized fashion, dependent on a tiny number of
relays that can't be easily replaced if taken down.
"
He was replying to this proposal by Ademan (npub19je…pt7r) (I believe).
fiatjaf (npub180c…h6w6) jb55 (npub1xts…kk5s) PABLOF7z (npub1l2v…ajft) cameri (npub1qqq…n47m) ODELL (npub1qny…95gx)
Interesting comment by Peter Todd when discussing the possible use of nostr as a new protocol for the bitcoin-dev mailing list. His comments are not particular to that usage though:
"
Strong NACK on nostr. It's a badly designed, centralized, protocol that needs a
significant redesign to be usable. While off topic for this mailing list, some
of its many issues include:
* Reliance on single-key, cryptography that often results in people having
their keys compromised. This is a serious problem in the context of
bitcoin-dev, where faked messages published could easily have market-moving
results.
* Inability to mirror relays: since nostr deliberately ignores the lessons of
blockchains, there is no way to be sure that you have a complete set of
messages from a given person, for a given topic, etc.
* Highly centralized design: since mirroring relays isn't reliable, in reality
nostr operates in a highly centralized fashion, dependent on a tiny number of
relays that can't be easily replaced if taken down.
"
He was replying to this proposal by Ademan (npub19je…pt7r) (I believe).
fiatjaf (npub180c…h6w6) jb55 (npub1xts…kk5s) PABLOF7z (npub1l2v…ajft) cameri (npub1qqq…n47m) ODELL (npub1qny…95gx)