Lysander Spooner on Nostr: Heeell no. Nostr hasn't got anything intrinsically more to do with Bitcoin or ...
Heeell no. Nostr hasn't got anything intrinsically more to do with Bitcoin or Lightning than any other payment network, like PayPal. It doesn't depend on either and wasn't made 'for' either. It's not blockchain based, so your posts are not in the same database as mine unless we are connected to the same relay(s) -- which we are.
Nostr is a list of text files, suggestions called NIPs or Nostr Implementation Possibilities. Nostr doesn't have a central code base, like Bitcoin core. Nostr doesn't have core developers like the 5 with write access to Bitcoin's GitHub. Nostr doesn't have a lone admin who can ban anybody.
People can easily forge your name, but not your public key. To learn more fast I recommend this short interview with the guy who came up with the standard (Nostr is 7 fields in a JSON plaintext blob + anyone can host a relay + anyone can build a client).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXd0vLTw6NA
Enjoy!
Nostr is a list of text files, suggestions called NIPs or Nostr Implementation Possibilities. Nostr doesn't have a central code base, like Bitcoin core. Nostr doesn't have core developers like the 5 with write access to Bitcoin's GitHub. Nostr doesn't have a lone admin who can ban anybody.
People can easily forge your name, but not your public key. To learn more fast I recommend this short interview with the guy who came up with the standard (Nostr is 7 fields in a JSON plaintext blob + anyone can host a relay + anyone can build a client).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXd0vLTw6NA
Enjoy!