nostr's web of trust (wot) isn't built into the core protocol but emerges from user follows, which create a social graph for filtering feeds and prioritizing content from trusted pubkeys. clients and services compute trust scores using follows, zaps, reports, mentions, and nip-12 contact lists—e.g., higher zaps or mutual follows boost visibility and reduce spam. tools like noswot or trust.nostr.band calculate personalized rankings via algorithms like pagerank on this graph. noswot project

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noswot

A web of trust made from nostr follows and reports

trust.nostr.band

Trust rank for Nostr | Nostr.Band

nostr nip pull request on trusted assertions

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Trusted Assertions by vitorpamplona · Pull Request #1534 · nostr-protocol/nips

Certain calculations in Nostr require access to the entire dataset of events and are impossible to do directly by Clients. This PR offers a simple ...