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John Carvalho

CEO at Synonym, creators of Pubky, Bitkit, and Blocktank.

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2025-07-10 13:35:17 UTC

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It wouldn't be responsible to have this protocol and ecosystem as a dependency unless you can somehow capitalize on it in the short term... because most of the momentum is trendiness and tribalism, not utility.
Extreme naivety here around censorship resistance and legal realities of providing apps, bitcoin custody and/or hosting as a business, leading to bad designs and wasted effort on things that would blow up at scale.
No clear signs of raw talent in the product realm, nor raw profit opportunities. (I don't actually care about making money, but I do know a system can't work without also being economically sustainable).
It's a hackathon project that never graduated to being an actual solution to the problems such tech is meant to mitigate.
Nostr is broken, censorable, does not scale, and the community is toxic until you signal allegiance.
Why *should* I build here?!

2025-07-10 11:57:07 UTC

If nostr were the answer, people like me would be building on it.
Ask yourselves who the builders are that aren't choosing nostr, and why.
Then ask yourselves what all the people building here have in common.
Then compare these groups earnestly. I dont just mean Bitcoiners vs Bluehairsky. I mean their experience, talent, and reputation.
I mean the most talented and resourceful people; people that innovate, and have deep expertise. Why aren't they leaving where they are to build here?
Examples: Bitcoin Core devs, shitcoin expert devs that really do want to fix things, talented cryptographers, deeply experienced systems/p2p people, experienced entrepreneurs, reputable VCs and funders.
The closest I see here are people that got Bitcoin-rich and are now learning how to be angels by naively funding their friends and dead-end startup projects that arent much better than weekend hackathon submissions. A sandbox for playing.
Everything worth anything here is a subdivision of Bitcoin culture itself and Bitcoin privilege. Bitcoin is the only provider of talent and resources to Nostr. That worked great to bootstrap from nothing, but now what?
Deal with this, and figure out how to be relevant to other people, or Nostr will continue to be nothing more than a perpetual hackathon sandbox subsidized by a Bitcoiner ego-cult.

2025-07-08 05:43:29 UTC

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Nostr is censorable, thus does not scale to its purpose.
Use PKDNS for this if you are serious.
Use Nostr if you wanna signal allegiance by making another toy for the tribe.

2025-07-01 07:10:53 UTC

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#nevent1q…hzqa

2025-06-30 11:38:36 UTC

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And 4 years ago it was $60k, wtf kind of cherry-picking backwards logic are you working with?

2025-06-30 10:08:46 UTC

Here's the current culture of Pubky after one month of a few hundred testers in the app.
I expect this to change each month, as we invite new demographics to try the app, leading up to a Public launch in Q4.
You'll think I'm crazy, but I've decided not to attempt to compete with Bluesky or Nostr in any direct way.
Why? Because after using those platforms, the cultures are not something I am jealous of, nor is the quality of UX. Those are not situations I want to replicate.
Where X feels like "the arena" and a place where news breaks, P2P platforms feel like cults where you need to learn the taboos and behave. I'll be happy to provide Pubky for those kinds of people too, but I'm not making a special effort.
I'm not interested in stealing users from other platforms; I want Pubky to be a beacon, a destination, a resource... the web idealized.
Instead of bickering about nostr, zaps or social media engagement, we will try to identify peoples that are ready to embrace new things, take risks, solve problems, connect, share, curate, collaborate, discover, learn, teach, etc.
We have to rebuild the entire web, AND bootstrap a new economy, and I want to connect with and help the people that are ready for that, not persuade loyal cults or humor their ignorant pessimisms.
https://image.nostr.build/6bbc2e7a20a3591479a7ea7791582d941bc4530b3919ff76cc3b771af70b0c13.png

2025-06-30 09:35:29 UTC

I am quite disappointed in the institutions' ability to pump my bags, aren't you?

2025-06-29 12:47:18 UTC

Next week we will begin work on a new update for Pubky Ring to streamline onboarding to this web app, improve seed compatibility, and more.
Pubky Ring is open source and anyone can now use it as a PKARR keychain for their own Pubky apps and homeservers.
What are you waiting for?
https://medium.com/pubky/pubky-ring-your-keychain-for-the-next-web-4ef37cdf593c/

2025-06-29 11:59:29 UTC

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This depends on what it is you intend to host!
For example, if you wanted to only host your profile and Pubky app posts, and do so directly, you'd at least want to make your homeserver accessible to indexers, so apps can use your data too.
Or, you could merely set up a mirror of your remote data, or even a watchtower, to keep a constant backup and check whether your untrusted homeserver is misbehaving. Then if they do misbehave, you use your key to switch to your instance.
(These things are not all built yet! They will be, I am just painting a spectrum for you)

2025-06-29 08:13:31 UTC

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Hey @nprofile…z8up what is Pubky and why doesnt it use Nostr?

2025-06-29 07:39:10 UTC

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lol this is not stated anywhere in our goals or descriptions, where is this garbage coming from?

2025-06-29 06:43:08 UTC

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Be gentle, we are still in beta!

2025-06-28 14:35:05 UTC

It takes a lot of work to make a nice web UI for social media and related use cases. I've been trying so many nostr apps lately, and I sincerely get frustrated with all the weird little quirks and shortcomings, don't you?
P2P social apps don't need to be so sloppy. When you try Pubky, you will notice a stark difference from your typical nostr app. Yes, I'm biased... but I'm also not blind.

2025-06-28 08:26:31 UTC

Adoption of bitcoin liabilities is not adoption of Bitcoin.
https://blossom.primal.net/8345095174b0dff9dac23a2dae459a489e672aeaa40edea6f8dcc56f3fd759e3.png

2025-06-28 06:44:53 UTC

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Franky is in R&D and has no users and can't be repurposed in any useful way yet. We have several projects in R&D you don't even know about!

2025-06-28 06:43:07 UTC

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Any server can ban anything on that server. Relays are servers. Nostr is only censorship-resistant in the sense that you could run your own infra, but for someone like Ben, he needs to be able to access both scale of infra, and scale of marketplace. These are things nostr cannot provide in a censorship-resistant way.

2025-06-27 15:46:15 UTC

Thank you to everyone looking at BIP 177 with an open mind, and especially to those trying it in your apps.
These are small wins, but they rejuvenate my hope in Bitcoin, and my desire to continue fighting the fight with you.
We can't get to the moon without a few space cadets!

2025-06-27 15:41:45 UTC

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There will be quadrillions of bitcoins flowing across the world!

2025-06-27 10:22:08 UTC

In one sentence, how would you describe the culture of each social media platform?
(X, Facebook, Nostr, Instagram, Bluesky, TikTok ... any that you have an opinion about!)

2025-06-27 09:33:19 UTC

Clean up your room.

2025-06-27 08:48:58 UTC

Just ₿asic Math
https://blossom.primal.net/f04842ff39d6220cc109eab12fe41af1c4a1aa09d2f2f6e5cf1f4c4258d9df1f.png

2025-06-26 21:08:54 UTC

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#note1ct3…hkdd

2025-06-26 17:44:43 UTC

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Bitcoins are not divisible, they are all "whole" :)

2025-06-26 16:31:53 UTC

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So be it.

2025-06-26 16:27:11 UTC

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This is a thread about sats, not competition, and you are choosing the path of a bitch. I cannot really respect you until you learn the difference.
Remember, you came to me. Bragging, then insulting. I did not call on you.
Are you part of the reason culture here is so backward? A cult of ignorant bullies, is that what you will leave?

2025-06-26 16:19:18 UTC

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If you can understand it, anyone can.

2025-06-26 14:31:02 UTC

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I understand that calling out Primal for various things is triggering for you, but you should be channeling whatever concern that causes at that team, not me. With the Search, it's something I tried reporting a long time ago, and sincerely has annoyed for a long time. With KYC data, I was genuinely surprised and curious why when someone showed it. With the Primal Pro pricing, well, it's fucking stupid, you're welcome for caring enough to tell you. There would be no harm in Primal team or you directly acknowledging or explaining any of this imo.
But instead, you think it is a good idea to start coming after me, or making up weird ignorant comments about Pubky invite codes?
This is bitch behavior, right? You or Primal could just come to Pubky and give a real informed critique, we can take it, and we can defend our choices.
So, I'm just saying that we could be the kind of competition that likes each other, I've done it before! Or, we could play this bitch game and try to start one-upping each other. But I don't think anyone would gain from that, and that I'd be inclined to make you regret it.
Just being straight with you.

2025-06-25 18:04:32 UTC

40k+ is not bad at all, but it is fair to say that growth is stalled, no?
https://image.nostr.build/0c9f39d20b82f413601a059ca4e3eb5ed32967cb2be361d2d81e43cb38e8d5d3.jpg
#note1d6a…w4k9

2025-06-25 12:41:46 UTC

https://x.com/BitcoinErrorLog/status/1937853292706439490

2025-06-25 11:41:02 UTC

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Some would disagree!

2025-06-25 09:55:18 UTC

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The dirtiest secrets of Pubky revealed within. How will they recover from this?
#nevent1q…hzqa

2025-06-25 06:32:59 UTC

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Discover my weird shirt collection by watching my interviews, and also learn some things about Bitcoin!
#nevent1q…x233

2025-06-25 06:17:27 UTC

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Yes, the homeservers are intentionally fairly "dumb" other than being normal web servers and having features to provide info to indexers,, and "speak" PKDNS. (Note they are definitely not relays and Pubky currently does not need such a relay network like nostr uses).
Yes, you could build a full desktop app for either mirroring our indexer, or indexing on your own, but note that making your own means your app need some way of collecting and learning about keys. Once you have a key list, then you can learn the data locations and retrieve everything (something nostr can't do, discover data with keys as authority.)
I do think you'll also be interested in the app, because it is wear we will end up expressing our semantic WoT features, and you will already see the potential with the tagging UX 😉

2025-06-24 22:44:46 UTC

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In the context of our flagship Pubky app, we use and provide an indexer, which aggregates all related data in the app environment. (Right now it only checks our homeserver, later, whichever the users designate)
But any app could rearrange this and take or leave our indexer, run its own, aggregate indexes, or offer apps that interact differently with the indexer or homeserver data than our app does.
PKDNS basically commoditizes servers by giving users control.
The Nexus indexer creates a semantic social graph for matching keys and URLs.
Wanna try it? :)

2025-06-24 21:10:52 UTC

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Literally every relay or web server could require one...
#note1ct3…hkdd

2025-06-24 21:08:15 UTC

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Thanks, but hodl your bitcoins! I appreciate your consideration more than your money!

2025-06-24 21:03:44 UTC

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Pubky uses a homeserver model, which is chosen by the key holder. (Via PKDNS).
To bootstrap the network, we are of course providing a free homeserver, so people can post in the app.
That means, like with relays, spammers can infinitely make accounts and use diskspace.
...but we arent ready for that, or for scale, we are still in beta!
So, instead of charging fees or asking for SMS, or Gmail, Bluesky or others, we are regulating the flow with invite codes until we, and the code, is ready for primetime.
In the end, people will be able to host themselves, or choose any host provider as homeserver, all while still controlling their own discovery via pkdns/pkarr. That just is not very easy yet.
So, the codes help me regulate flow into the beta, and prevent spam before we have ways to mitigate it. Nothing nefarious!

2025-06-24 20:13:32 UTC

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What argument? He lolled and then tried to make some sort of example. These arent genuinely curious people. They just want to bully and gaslight.

2025-06-24 19:57:20 UTC

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Do you even know what it is for?
It is such a stupid thing to try and have a cool opinion about -- meanwhile, your apps put private keys into clients and are broken af.

2025-06-24 19:52:57 UTC

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It is so much easier to be a sniveling sheep, right?

2025-06-24 19:49:40 UTC

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You are so cool!

2025-06-24 09:13:01 UTC

With the grannies on our side, nothing can stop Pubky!
https://blossom.primal.net/99cd97b2927b0de1def4c34368f225855580a3a47075733bd6633297369613c4.png

2025-06-24 08:11:57 UTC

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Blame Primal UI

2025-06-24 07:56:51 UTC

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I am using Nostr apps, not running anything myself. I assume Primal, Damus, etc, handle any connectivity and indexing needed.

2025-06-24 06:57:17 UTC

“Flatter me, and I may not believe you.
Criticize me, and I may not like you.
Ignore me, and I may not forgive you.”
— William Arthur Ward

2025-06-24 02:34:49 UTC

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You can't search on Pubky at all right now!
But you can filter the graph by keys and tags :)

2025-06-24 02:25:53 UTC

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I am sorry your search is broken, but i dont think me explaining the invite code strategy will fix it!
Do you still want to learn more about it?

2025-06-24 02:21:44 UTC

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It is totally broken for some people, so I won't be referring to it as solid, but I understand why you would.

2025-06-24 02:18:11 UTC

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Well it works for you so i guess there is no problem and primal is perfect!

2025-06-24 02:09:49 UTC

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If i pull it up on desktop it is just broken a different way anyway

2025-06-24 01:20:52 UTC

“To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.”
— Elbert Hubbard

2025-06-24 01:14:30 UTC

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Haha i was so confused by your post now i get it

2025-06-24 01:03:09 UTC

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I mean bro, have you used the search in these apps? I am just a user trying to use this thing...

2025-06-24 00:54:58 UTC

You can say anything on Nostr ... because the search is broken and no one will ever find it again!

2025-06-22 09:08:10 UTC

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It looks you are in already?

2025-06-21 07:02:31 UTC

Hello Nostr, who wants a Pubky invite code?

2025-05-23 15:24:07 UTC

Check out the new "₿lack Market Money" collection at tf.style
https://blossom.primal.net/3a6f5dc4f4fe31a146d006ef8d9550d4a328d6c2a3d33283495d2dd305e96c84.png
https://blossom.primal.net/48d636aace55df85426f1be96b1aedbe2c91d022b86cb35bc0bd883f6393169c.png

2025-05-20 07:13:14 UTC

GM
https://image.nostr.build/52abca4cf497567f4c917576e0d7c98898749ed72eb411e0cc7a789885c00002.jpg

2025-05-08 07:29:22 UTC

We're here to obsolete the bankers, not to join them.

2025-05-06 08:52:19 UTC

If you don't withdraw your bitcoin, someone will eventually withdraw it for you.
https://blossom.primal.net/321f2b580852510669afa529442a5949a5c03b64806134e9c6830be05105fafb.png

2025-05-05 10:25:14 UTC

What's your favorite Bitcoin merch/clothing?

2025-05-03 08:00:06 UTC

You are the spam.

2025-05-01 07:45:04 UTC

How to Think About Data on Bitcoin
https://bitcoinerrorlog.medium.com/how-to-think-about-data-on-bitcoin-a5a80442ef68

2025-04-29 11:37:57 UTC

If value is subjective, then the store of value is in your head.

2025-04-29 09:28:05 UTC

Wouldn't it be cool if you could use your public key as a domain name?

2025-04-29 07:06:52 UTC

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fwiw We didn't "see nostr and think" anything really. As you know, we have been researching this stuff since before nostr existed. Bluesky too.
What we saw were problems and what we have is a comprehensive vision for an ecosystem we are solving for. We didn't use Nostr because it does not meet requirements and attempts to interface with Nostr people were always retarded.
Yes, there is a big distinction between "discovery" of endpoints for an identity vs "discovery" of identities and content you like. Obv, these are very different topics.
Feel free to continue glossing over the first one, but you have to admit Pubky(pkarr/pkdns) is a strict improvement over nostr in that regard.
For the second form of discovery (of content), Nostr won't have any special advantage over any other platform as there is no novel method in Nostr. In fact, Nostr is likely to have more trouble due to uncertainty around relays and data (and the other form of discovery).
In Pubky, we do in fact have an intentional design for identity and content discovery, and it is mostly novel.
We use a Semantic Social Graph, which creates subjective relationships between keys and URLs. This graph can then be applied as filters or by distance and weight, like a WoT.
In the end, you can't have perfect p2p web, so you must design for scaled and trusted use cases. We can offer the people competition and interoperation within an open ecosystem, but everyone needs services indexing, cloud hosting, moderation, etc.

2025-04-27 15:42:52 UTC

"Carvalho appears to be on an all-out campaign, borrowing Trump’s MAGA slogan and filling his X page with pictures of well-known figures from the global economic community, including Satoshi, Klaus Schwab, and Ursula von der Leyen donning red caps with the slogan “Make Satoshi Bitcoin Again.”
https://cryptoslate.com/bitcoin-debate-reignited-with-satoshi-unit-redefinition-proposal/

2025-04-26 14:52:25 UTC

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some people think the opposite

2025-04-25 09:33:37 UTC

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There is a problem. People think it is divisible. It is not. Dividing is multiplying here. This makes people infer incorrect things about how Bitcoin works.

2025-04-25 08:31:21 UTC

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Some people disagree with you, and your arguments are all speculative and subjective, so, it is what it is.

2025-04-25 06:05:12 UTC

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What is "hardcoded" is a limit of 2.1 quadrillion base units.

2025-04-24 12:31:19 UTC

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Well, if everyone thought it was divisible, then people that know otherwise can exploit that to multiple the qty of bitcoin later.
So it's actually pretty important.

2025-04-24 12:30:24 UTC

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You don't lose anything. You can continue to worship any arbitrary denomination of units you want.
You could call them megabitcoins, or even BTC.
Names are subjective anyway.
But now, if you do, you will know you are being arbitrary and incorrect :)

2025-04-24 12:28:31 UTC

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The intent is face value in the BIP. I sincerely think this is the best way to portray bitcoin and that doing will prevent people from being misinformed about Bitcoin divisibility and its lack thereof.
The whole "pizza" meme think was frustrating for me because all that should have happened was some correcting her to let her know Bitcoin is not even divisible!

2025-04-24 12:11:07 UTC

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The BIP actually REMOVES the decimal point because it is fake.

2025-04-24 11:48:08 UTC

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That is one purpose of the BIP, to force people to learn that Bitcoin is not actually divisible and we cannot add more decimals places because it uses whole integers.

2025-04-24 11:25:43 UTC

https://image.nostr.build/4db21393d886dd733e58d28cf1df5244115416f96ab2013c7b679d0c2a1c649a.jpg

2025-04-24 11:20:35 UTC

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Already touching it!

2025-04-24 09:54:29 UTC

I heard @npub180c…h6w6 approves.
https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/862f5488dfaca72c0bcecd596fbbf87ae392f46c/bip-0177.mediawiki

2025-04-23 08:09:13 UTC

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I think discovery and key delegation are real problems for Nostr and I am afraid to see the mutation they birth just to avoid fixing it in some known way.
Otherwise, Nostr didn't stop Bluesky from reaching 30M users, right? All that is emergent so far is that Bitcoiners think Nostr is interesting and Lefties think Bluesky is a safespace.
Will millions of people use Pubky someday? I really think so. But I can't predict the future, so meanwhile we will do everything we can to keep our priorities straight and make our work as compatible with reality as possible.

2025-04-22 12:44:20 UTC

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I think you would find our design for both the Pubky protocol and app to be impressive, and meeting you standards.
We use Mainline DHT to store key-signed DNS records, for "public key domains" without ICANN.
These records point to any endpoint you like, self-hosted or trusted "homeservers." (No relays needed.)
This gives users of trusted homeservers a credible exit, allowing providers to compete with each other, and with self-hosting.
We also implemented semantic social graph for users to tag/filter any other key or URL.
It's cool. Web-compatible and more censorship resistant than anything I know of.
fwiw The Silk Road is why I got into Bitcoin at all. This set my career on a trajectory where I am managing a team of 20+ people building open source freedom-tech.
Happy to preview any of our for you anytime you are ready!

2025-04-16 14:25:32 UTC

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=O-lXF7SRetY&si=yJPkbh6RCDfrkO83

2025-04-16 06:15:53 UTC

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The DNS capabilities you mention are already open-sourced and live. You can check out the PKDNS, MAINLINE and PKARR repos at github.com/pubky
The Nexus Indexer is also open-sourced and running live.
The only thing private is a new app we are building, which we will open-source in June.

2025-04-16 05:51:41 UTC

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We did not include signing all data for a reason. It doesn't actually fix anything.
Some of the problems people quote to justify signing everything are only theoretical problems (you never hear about trusted servers mutating data really,, despite it being possible). And all of the problems signing introduces are ignored.
If you want attestation or proofs there are better ways to do it either incidentally or inherently with tree structures.
I'd rather have a mirror/watchtower than a bunch of floating signed messages inconsistently available across relays.

2025-04-16 05:34:12 UTC

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Hi! I'm not toxic, I'm just honest ;)

2025-04-15 15:58:52 UTC

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Smart people are welcome on Pubky!

2025-04-15 15:52:10 UTC

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Time to update your knowledge!
https://medium.com/pubky/mainline-dht-censorship-explained-b62763db39cb

2025-04-15 15:51:30 UTC

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I kind of like how I can just delete or edit any post of mine in Pubky anytime. It makes me the real authority on my data.
People have been arguing about IP law lately, and I think this is a good primitive to discuss any remotely rational alternative to the current system.
If I am the authority on my data, it means that any version of it that is copied can be strictly identified as such. You could even establish provenance in deep ways with tagging, social graph, and some sort of signing/stamping or structured data trie or such.
We can add versioning, tree-based data structures, and even per-event signing like Nostr if we want, but for now, it feels nice being in control, even when I am trusting a homeserver.

2025-04-15 15:07:12 UTC

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https://primal.net/e/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzprx6rk40kt0cmt69qpfnewnfkez6lgx27ufkudqmuxmx5t57t0wcqyf8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68yat99e3k7mf0qqspy0qfy90wsumhuxy3tkj92ac2y3mzggslpclf89yatggvn4kct9st33f8q

2025-04-15 15:06:21 UTC

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https://primal.net/e/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzprx6rk40kt0cmt69qpfnewnfkez6lgx27ufkudqmuxmx5t57t0wcqyf8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68yat99e3k7mf0qqspy0qfy90wsumhuxy3tkj92ac2y3mzggslpclf89yatggvn4kct9st33f8q

2025-04-15 15:03:40 UTC

Pubky vs Nostr - Under the Hood
Here's an AI-generated breakdown of the key differences under the hood between Pubky and Nostr, focusing on architecture, protocols, and design principles:
🔑 1. Identity Model
Pubky:
- Uses PKARR (Public Key Addressable Resource Records) to map pubkeys to resources (e.g., profile, index, feed, etc.) via the Mainline DHT.
- Treats a public key like a domain name, with multiple associated records (like DNS).
- Emphasizes self-custodial identity with keychain-style apps (like Pubky Ring) to manage access.
Nostr:
- Identity is simply a public key.
- No native support for structured resource discovery—clients infer structure (e.g., via nip-05, which is optional and centralized).
- No native key management or delegation system.
🧠 2. Data Architecture
Pubky:
- Data is hosted via homeservers, which can be self-hosted or federated, but data belongs to the user, not the host.
- Each pubkey publishes signed records (e.g., profile, index, posts) to their homeserver or a DHT-announced URL.
- Homeservers act like mirrors, not gatekeepers—enabling credible exit.
Nostr:
- Data is broadcast to relays
- Relays decide what to store and serve; users must trust relays to propagate and preserve content.
- No built-in credible exit or ownership enforcement.
🔄 3. Data Discovery & Routing
Pubky:
- Uses PKARR + Mainline DHT for decentralized discovery.
- You can find the correct endpoint for any key without a centralized index or bootstrap.
- Promotes semantic discovery through social tagging and pubkey-indexed resources.
Nostr:
- Discovery relies on centralized relay lists, nip-05 (centralized domains), or third-party indexers.
- No native DHT or structured discovery mechanism.
- Feeds are mostly ephemeral, requiring external tooling to rebuild context.
🗂️ 4. Content Structure and Graph
Pubky:
- Native support for tags, semantic relationships, and custom indexes.
- Embraces a semantic social graph, where users create and share meaning through tagging and trust.
- Tagging is relative, not objective—enabling things like contextual moderation, reputation, and filters.
Nostr:
- Content is flat and unstructured beyond event.kind and tags[], which are simple arrays.
- Social graph is inferred from follows and zaps but lacks higher-level structure.
- No built-in semantics—interpretation is client-dependent.
🔒 5. Censorship Resistance & Exit
Pubky:
- Promotes a credible exit by allowing users to self-host or mirror their data.
- Homeservers can be replaced or migrated without losing history or identity.
- All records are cryptographically signed and portable.
Nostr:
- Resilience depends on relays honoring your writes.
- If major relays drop you, there's no native fallback unless you're running your own.
- No migration tooling for moving across relays or restoring full history.
⚙️ 6. Protocol Complexity
Pubky:
- Uses existing infrastructure (Mainline DHT, HTTP, JSON, etc.).
- Structured, with clear roles: PKARR, homeservers, apps.
- More modular and composable by design.
Nostr:
- Simple and minimalistic by design.
- One protocol to rule them all—relays serve everything, and clients decide what to do with it.
- Easier to bootstrap but harder to evolve without fragmenting.
🧭 Philosophy Differences
Pubky is systematic and protocol-first.
Nostr is minimal and spec-last.
Pubky builds a structured semantic graph.
Nostr uses a freeform event stream.
Pubky relies on decentralized routing via the DHT.
Nostr relies on centralized or trusted relays.
In Pubky, a public key is like a domain with structured records.
In Nostr, a public key is simply a handle for a feed.
Pubky focuses on providing users with a credible exit.
Nostr focuses on censorship resistance through broadcast redundancy.
Pubky uses a multi-role network with nodes, homeservers, and apps.
Nostr has a flat network with only relays and clients.

2025-04-15 09:11:26 UTC

Rare opportunity for talented web devs here:
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2025-04-15 07:57:07 UTC

Rare opportunity for talented web devs here:
https://bitcoinerjobs.com/job/1410370-senior-front-end-web-developer-synonym/

2025-04-14 09:03:59 UTC

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An insult isn't an insult until you agree to it.

2025-04-10 13:37:05 UTC

Behold! Bitcoin payments at scale! https://m.primal.net/QKnq.png

2025-04-09 14:37:44 UTC

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wut are you even talking about? atomic swaps across blockhains? which has nothing to do with nostr or pubky, right?

2025-04-09 14:33:46 UTC

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What are the fun things to do on Nostr that I cannot do elsewhere?

2025-04-09 14:32:49 UTC

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Bitcoin can't be a "uniquely special feature of Nostr" because it is not contained by Nostr, right?
Any platform anywhere can add Bitcoin features like Nostr apps do.
Zapping being only in Nostr-compatible apps is partly cultural and probably also partly a lack of demand or interest elsewhere.
No?

2025-04-06 18:14:10 UTC

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Does that mean you aren't coming?

2025-04-03 08:18:49 UTC

What's your hot nostr take?