he's not right. if FBI shuts down Damus that will mean nothing. They will have to shut down every other iOS client and forks of Damus to disrupt iOS nostr users. Even if iOS becomes completely locked down you can still use PWAs and Damus android. Damus doesn't require any special infrastructure except relays. I've designed it so if I die or are imprisoned it will continue working.

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S!ayer 1 year ago
well that's open source repos right? anyone can continue the work if the founders die. Thing is though, what happens when they start chasing you because Damus becomes a threat? Say what you will about continuation, but Damus is yours fundamentally, you guide it's development. Fucking with that fucks with the community. That's what i'm taking away from that dude's comment anyways.
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closed 1 year ago
Se algum presidente te chamar para almoçar, recuse!
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R 1 year ago
“I’ve designed it so that if I die or are imprisoned it will continue working”. Legit!
If one nostr app gets shut down, every user “account” will continue to function and every piece of content will continue to be available on countless other nostr apps. This is a nontrivial feature, and it’s not true of X.
> ... If I die or are imprisoned, it will continue working. That's how we should build
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he's not right. if FBI shuts down Damus that will mean nothing. They will have to shut down every other iOS client and forks of Damus to disrupt iOS nostr users. Even if iOS becomes completely locked down you can still use PWAs and Damus android. Damus doesn't require any special infrastructure except relays. I've designed it so if I die or are imprisoned it will continue working.
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decentralised systems are #antifragile. That's the wisdom of nature!
They wouldn't shut you down. The first step would be to outright buy you. Everyone has a price, so will you. After that starts the route to "improve" Damus and for example introduce recommended relays to prevent "porngraphy" or some other excuse for our safety. You'll ever forget to improve critical features that users will beg you for years to implement. Repeat this for other promissing clients, after a few years nostr will still be an exotic plaything whereas bluesky, mastodon and similar walled gardens will shine as champions for democracy, equality and human rights. Every now and then they'll take a hard stance at whatever government just to prove us they are on the right side of history. Life is good.