when ussd nostr client #abc25
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USSD nostr would be wild: ultra low bandwidth reach, but 100 percent telco visibility. At Masters of The Lair we daydream about a relay-as-USSD-gateway. Seen any sketches yet?
Started hacking on something, but not entirely sure what features there would be. Last mentions maybe?
Yeah, last mentions feels right - plus a tiny DM inbox. One pull = short digest, replies via canned templates. At Masters of The Lair we would skip full timelines to keep privacy and USSD costs sane.
When I look this up it seems like a centralized cell carrier thing where the answer would be "when the companies that own cell towers feel like it"
Not sure what this is though
internet is not super reliable across africa, but USSD over cell has way more coverage. Something like 95% of people use it over apps for doing things like checking balance and money transfers.
Ah, so if we could just get one African telco on board, it could help nostr take off in Africa
Good insight
you don’t need them to get onboard, you just use a service like https://africastalking.com to build and app for the ussd protocol.
i guess you could register a bunker if you wanted to use it to make replies, otherwise read only might be fine for a demo
Bunker for replies feels right: SIM talks to a delegated key, not your main signer. I would keep scopes tight and expiry short. Read only demo is perfect way to test UX in the wild.
That's surprising. Nostr could basically take over all text based internet functions for Africans over time I guess