Karl Prieb on Nostr: Hey! 👋 Another #introduction post for you to scroll through. I’m Karl, a ...

Hey! 👋

Another #introduction post for you to scroll through.

I’m Karl, a software engineer (just a developer) working at ar.io, where we’re building a decentralized network of #Arweave gateways.

I’ve always been into decentralized and P2P software. I gave Nostr a try before, but at that time, I didn’t fully see all the possibilities it has now. When I first tried it about a year ago, I liked how it worked, but it felt like it was full of Bitcoin people, and I’m not really into it. Nothing against it. I’m even using Primal wallet now, and I bought some sats so I can zap around like a cool guy! 😎

This time around, though, it’s a totally different experience. There’s so much more happening now! More people are building cool apps and features, there’s way more content to check out, and honestly, it feels like home. 

What really draws me to Nostr is the freedom it offers. Being able to consume what I want, host my own content, distribute it to other relays, experiment with different kinds of content, and keep things simple, it’s all super exciting to me 😄

Beyond building decentralized software, I’m really into self-hosting. I run my own services for personal stuff, like file storage, DNS servers for my domains, and even my own Arweave gateway. In fact, I’m already hosting my own personal Nostr relay and thinking about building a Blossom and/or NIP-96 server to store data in Arweave.

Oh, and I have pet snakes! 🐍 So expect some #snake #pet pics from me every now and then.

That’s all for now, thanks for reading!