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Melvin Carvalho
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melvincarvalho 9 months ago
The pubkey is the domain. An idea whose time has come. Note: you can already do this with did-nostr. I do it all the time. But if you want bittorrent style censorship-resistance, use #pubky too! View quoted note →
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melvincarvalho 9 months ago
#mindstr unexpectedly turning into a video scene canvas image
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melvincarvalho 9 months ago
did-nostr is like a layer 2 for nostr, it can be useful for many things: - Global discovery without relying on central servers. - No need for DNS or other trusted naming systems. - Discovery relays make finding people and data more flexible. - Profiles can stay consistent across apps and relays. - Personal storage can be linked directly to your identity. - Easy integration with pubky and other nostr tools. - A path toward open standards for business and enterprise adoption. - Financial commitments possible via Taproot and Bitcoin. - Relay lists can travel with you, making switching easier. - Extensible to many use cases, pemissionless - Agentic nostr allows orchestration of agents - helps nostr scale better by reducing duplication. did-nostr is a simple building block that can help grow the network.
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melvincarvalho 9 months ago
A gentle reminder that Nostr's censorship resistance is only as strong as the infrastructure it rides on — and DNS is often the weakest link. If an ISP or host sees activity that raises flags (rightly or wrongly), they can and do take relays offline. Vultr and DigitalOcean are actually among the more lenient providers, which makes such takedowns noteworthy. For stronger resistance, you might want to look at #pubky, which takes a more torrent-like approach without relying on DNS. Also, @Mike Dilger ☑️ has been exploring nostr-next, where relay pubkeys are their identities — a step toward deeper decentralization. And did-nostr is growing into a way to discover relays and agents purely via pubkeys. So just a heads up — if you're running anything that even smells "suspicious," relying on DNS or traditional VPS hosts can quickly become a game of whack-a-mole. View quoted note →
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melvincarvalho 9 months ago
Great article from @Big Bad John on how Bitcoin can go far beyond just payments—and how #pubky enables truly censorship-resistant systems. The best part? With did-nostr, every Nostr user gets these features for free, on top of everything Nostr already offers. It's the best of both worlds. Next-gen clients built with did-nostr, pubky, and #agenticnostr are going to change everything. https://medium.com/pubky/the-atomic-economy-reclaiming-society-from-the-inside-out-574504dfe326