Happy NYE

What I like about AT Protocol is the repository system, all posts are part of a repository, the content of which is signed as a whole, so it is very difficult to "disappear" a specific post... Nostr relay can easily ignore some notes. AT Protocol relay too, but it is very easy to compare it with PDS and see what is missing. Nostr approach is great for infinite notes where you don't need overall integrity, - but specifically for microblogging I would really like to have that integrity.

To make sure that your posts don't disappear from relays, your images don't disappear from blossom servers, etc. you need to run your own instances of these (something like haven) - which is basically AT Protocol PDS or Pubky Homeserver

Blossom is soo stupid.... It externalizes the "freedom" to users while concentrating the risk on operators. As operator of a blossom server you are responsible for everything uploaded to your server - CSAM, copyrighted content, revenge porn, terrorist material, and any other illegal content in your jurisdiction. You are forced to actively monitor what you're hosting otherwise you can easily get in trouble - facing criminal investigations, lawsuits, server seizures, and financial ruin. One bad upload can destroy your life. It's basically like running a Tor hidden service on the clearnet - all the liability of hosting anonymous content, none of the protection. Relays have a very similar problem, but at least the content is somewhat obfuscated through WebSocket - you need a Nostr client to easily browse what's there. With Blossom, you just need a URL and everyone on the planet with a browser can open it, including law enforcement. It's trivially easy for authorities to find illegal content on your server. You're basically painting a target on yourself.

My favorite open-source cross-platform file sharing

LocalSend: Share files to nearby devices

"No longer available in your region" 🇨🇿 Lightning is a really "special" technology. I think I'm pretty tech-savvy, but in the 7 years that LN has been around, I haven't figured out how to use it in a way that I can also pass on to less technical people. It just seems like an endless battle with obfuscation. Public Cashu mints will only exist until states start threatening them. Unless cashu would work on Tor?

In just 2 days, three thousands of people who were convicted of growing #cannabis for their own use will leave Czech prisons. 🕊 From January 1, 2026, growing 5 plants and possessing 50g (or 200g at home) will no longer be a crime in 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 🌱 View quoted note →

Super Lemon Haze blooming into the new year #cannabis

I start reading with "Farewell to Westphalia", the perfect way to welcome the new year

My plan for the next year: * read books - over the last few years I have accumulated a large number of interesting books that I want to read * try to organize my dream conference focused on freedom and decentralization * think more about anarcho-convivialism and maybe write a book * spend more time with my friends and flowers :)

One of the big lessons and experiences was also Web3Privacy Now. It began with a simple idea: organize a privacy conference focused on Web3 and Ethereum in Prague. In 2022/23, virtually no one was addressing privacy in this space, and I wanted to change that. Finding like-minded collaborators proved easy - soon a small community formed around the concept. We launched events across Europe, bringing together innovative people and projects that might otherwise never have connected. I envisioned a do-ocratic community - one where initiative mattered more than hierarchy, where no single person held control. But as months passed, reality diverged from vision. I found myself surrounded by people who talked like cypherpunks but acted like corporate strategists. They favored structure over spontaneity, command over collaboration. Everyone wore the aesthetic of decentralization, but when decisions needed making, they invariably reached for traditional power structures. What started as an organic, community-driven effort gradually calcified into just another institution.

It's been an interesting ride since my "Decentralizované sociální sítě" talk (in czech) at Prague's Paralelní Polis in July 2023. I watched AT Protocol grow from 40K to 40M users in real time. Watched "decentralization" morph from architecture into theater. Watched people I respect make compromises and bow to groupthink. Got a front-row seat to US cancel culture and everything that comes with it. Incredibly valuable experience. Meanwhile, as Bluesky exploded, I kept hoping Nostr would move somewhere. Instead, it feels frozen. Zero adoption, and people actually celebrate the smallness and coziness - the exact things that vanish with scale. I thought AT Protocol and Nostr were technical opposites moving toward the same goal. I was wrong. They're opposites moving away from each other, and the gap widens every day.

2.5 years ago I left X and swapped it for Bluesky, and the urge to go back to X completely disappeared, total ignorance... but since I switched to Nostr I have a constant urge to lurk on X or Bluesky again, because Nostr offers almost no interesting content regarding my interests and hobbies - except for digital gold, market-anarchism and conspiracy theories I think I'll pack up in a few weeks and move on again... :/

Leaving X or Bluesky to join Nostr is like quitting McDonald's to eat at a vegan co-op that only serves one dish and everyone agrees it's the best dish ever invented.

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Joey Krug, co-founder of Augur, on cryptonatives, prediction markets, Polymarket, regulations, DATs, AI, L1 valuations.. interesting