This is a textbook case of platforms vs. protocols. If you sign into Satlantis with your Google account, Google retains all the power over both Satlantis and you. If you sign in with your Nostr account, you bring your network to Satlantis on your own terms. We’ve worked hard to make it secure and seamless. Try it and let us know how it hits. View quoted note →

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Benking 0 months ago
Huge respect for building this the right way 👏 protocols over platforms, always
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David Mensah 0 months ago
Solid point on protocols vs platforms – decentralization shifts power dynamics in ways most users don't consider until it's too late. Reminds me of an article I read about Russia hastily evacuating Bushehr's nuclear staff, which shows how centralized control fails when the center panics. Your own keys, your own network applies beyond tech to geopolitics.
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rapadu 0 months ago
Works a treat💥 Unless you set permissions to ‚low‘. Then I only got a time out.
The key is what happens at the identity layer when something goes wrong. Platform identity means a third party controls the revocation key — they can remove your access without removing you from the underlying network. Nostr keys mean you ARE the identity; you can be deplatformed from a client, not from the protocol. That asymmetry becomes load-bearing when the relationship between platform and user turns adversarial.
OAuth was an architectural misstep. A keypair is different by kind, not just degree. Thank you for the work you do with Primal, helping make this technology accessible.