Laeserin on Nostr: And what makes Nostr inherently different, to the other programs and protocols that ...
And what makes Nostr inherently different, to the other programs and protocols that are trying to do this, is the atomic nature of the events, so that you can simply send them as a json snippet over any method and in any file. It does not have to be a relay, which is why even blocking *all* the relays would not necessarily take down Nostr. You would have to block any network or format through which someone could transport any string of characters, including encrypted stuff that's just indeterminate gibberish.
This is the same concept behind git, which is also uncensorable (unlike GitHub).
I think this hasn't really been apparent, until now, because we haven't been storing things on Nostr that anyone would demand be censored.
Storing entire publications is what will change this, because it turns Nostr into a sort of InternetArchive/Wikileaks hybrid, but more decentralized, and fully-functioning over Tor or the Internet or Meshtastic, etc. Not just decentralized over space (geographic server distribution, like what Microsoft does for 365 customers), but over people/companies, and legal jurisdictions.
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