Tim Bouma on Nostr: Because it's easy to read by humans. I've been involved in similar efforts and the ...
Because it's easy to read by humans. I've been involved in similar efforts and the alternatives are just complicated proprietary binary-encoded hot messes.
Every that is used on the internet is mostly JSON, JWT is a big example. If you have better alternative I'm all ears.
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2025-02-09 14:29:57Event JSON
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