noisevault on Nostr: Good to realize that like bitcoin nostr's tradeoffs are poorly understood in is early ...
Good to realize that like bitcoin nostr's tradeoffs are poorly understood in is early years.
Remember bitcoin was touted as an anonymous way to tranfer value early on.
Similarly, nostr is promoted as a social protocol where you own your identity.
This is true.
By do not be misled. Everything you *broadcast* to public relays is available to those relays and everyone listening. This includes people and companies you might not trust.
In fact anyone can listen and archive it all.
Including governments and tech corporations. Like Google... Etc.
I'm not raining on the parade. Just want to point out there that these tradeoffs are complex.
Wonderful... And complex.
Luckily nostr will have much less friction when of comes to improvements and forks since communication can be more flexible and liquid than money.
Remember bitcoin was touted as an anonymous way to tranfer value early on.
Similarly, nostr is promoted as a social protocol where you own your identity.
This is true.
By do not be misled. Everything you *broadcast* to public relays is available to those relays and everyone listening. This includes people and companies you might not trust.
In fact anyone can listen and archive it all.
Including governments and tech corporations. Like Google... Etc.
I'm not raining on the parade. Just want to point out there that these tradeoffs are complex.
Wonderful... And complex.
Luckily nostr will have much less friction when of comes to improvements and forks since communication can be more flexible and liquid than money.