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Derek Ross | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Oh... 👀
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ajrlewis | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Can you explain further what's going on here, please?

1 . install bictoin-core
2. enter your npub

.. what does this do / what are the reasons you'd you give your npub?

Thanks :-)
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Dikaios1517 | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 It can't feed you info about whether your web of trust endorses the signer for an app without your input.
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Dikaios1517 | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Autocorrect... "input" should have been "npub."
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ajrlewis | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Thanks ... need to look into web of trust terminology ...  what does downloading bitcoin-core do if you're only supplying a  Nostr public key?
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Dikaios1517 | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 Nothing. The innovation here is that you are downloading Bitcoin-core from a Nostr-based app store, and the keys signing for the legitimacy of the app are being vouched for by people within your web of trust.
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ajrlewis | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 got it ... maybe ...

would the nostr app host it's own version of bitcoin core? how does that handle the remote origin of the original repo still being github.com? or does it serve the latest code from that remote origin?

truly fascinating .... this is the revolution (one app at a time) that we're all here for :-)
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ajrlewis | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 get it again maybe ... these apps host/serve this source code from github.com but we can "trust" it through our follow list (so to speak)
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elsat | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Download @Zapstore and see for yourself @ajrlewis
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ajrlewis | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 will do ... thanks for your insight! :-)
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Dikaios1517 | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 The app could be hosted from just about anywhere. GitHub, a Blossom 🌸 server, or whatever, and signed with a PGP key or nsec when listing it on zap.store, and your web of trust on Nostr can be used as a measurement of the trustworthiness of that key.