What is Nostr?
David A. Harding /
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2025-03-23 17:58:01
in reply to nevent1q…q7g6

David A. Harding on Nostr: Totally agree that there are a bunch of confounding variables that limit correlation. ...

Totally agree that there are a bunch of confounding variables that limit correlation. However, I think every other proxy we've had for personal key management has failed to achieve popular use: PGP, personal browser certificates, years of DID attempts, etc. So the default assumption at this point might need to be that everyday people can't or won't manage their own keys. Accepting that assumption would have a significant effect on either _how_ we build Bitcoin software or _who_ we build it for. If, instead, we want to continue to build for an anticipated highly self custodied future, it would be really nice to have Nostr to point to as a counterexample of lots of typical people controlling their own keys.
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