I wonder how long accounts buying synthetic engagement and using bots would last if both those accounts, and the sellers of synthetic or botted engagement were severely penalized in trust scores.

@greenart7c3 do you use signal / TG?

people are too busy fighting about whether zaps that cost more to send than their value are worth it while ignoring the biggest problem with Nostr right now “allow decrypting everything” must end just like inputting nsecs into every app View quoted note →

gm nostriches 🍍 NIP-44 and NIP-04 don’t protect you against malicious applications, and one “allow all” can lead to all your DMs, Nostr LN wallet seed and other private info being exfiltrated NIP-44 v3 fixes this: View quoted note →

90% of grants and bounties attract people that want to make a quick buck from slop. The higher the amounts, the sloppier it gets. Especially that grant orgs will now fund anything “Nostr” as long as they are willing to become a hype parrit Many of the revolutionary ideas and important software came out of unfunded people just doing their thing.