Electric Sheep on Nostr: "Nostr is nothing less than the foundation for the new internet. Meaning almost every ...
"Nostr is nothing less than the foundation for the new internet. Meaning almost every conceivable app we have today will be built on Nostr."
How many times have we heard this before? There's a reason every "new internet" architecture - from USENET and the web onwards - starts with public sharing of text documents and images, followed by audio-visual works. Because this is the easiest and most obvious use of a network by a large number of people.
Once you start trying to do things that are either more complicated, or mission-critical, you realise that there's are good reasons why a wide range of protocols are use on top of TCP/IP for different purposes.
How many times have we heard this before? There's a reason every "new internet" architecture - from USENET and the web onwards - starts with public sharing of text documents and images, followed by audio-visual works. Because this is the easiest and most obvious use of a network by a large number of people.
Once you start trying to do things that are either more complicated, or mission-critical, you realise that there's are good reasons why a wide range of protocols are use on top of TCP/IP for different purposes.