What is Nostr?
Andrew
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2023-03-14 14:44:40

Andrew on Nostr: If you were to include censorship resistance in the definition, which would you say ...

If you were to include censorship resistance in the definition, which would you say are currently the most *decentralized* Nostr clients, and the least *decentralized* clients?

If I were to break up the clients into different "classes", this is how I'd group them:

**Most decentralized**
(direct connections to relays, no algorithmic filtering, uses NIP-65/Gossip model to prevent bunching up of users in a handful of major relays):
- Gossip
- Coracle
- Snort (gossip feature being tested here: https://relay-lb.snort-social.pages.dev/posts)
- Nostros

**Medium decentralized**
(direct connections to relays, no algorithmic filtering, but prone to bunching up of users in a handful of major relays)
- Damus
- Amethyst
- Iris
- Nozzle
- Blockcore Notes
- Nostrid

**Less decentralized**
(Indirect connections to relays through a centralized aggregator and/or mixed with direct connections, no algorithmic filtering, prone to bunching up of users in a handful of major relays)
- Nostrgram
- Broadcstr

**Least decentralized**
(Indirect connection to relays through a centralized aggregator, algorithmic filtering of some feeds, prone to bunching up of users in a handful of major relays)
- Primal
- Member.cash
- Minds
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