Oddbean new post about login | logout I have a question to the people of #Nostr and @primal here? Is it possible for any government to shut down Nostr? I mean, they can technically make #Bitcoin illegal. Then people who have no idea about world politics would even see you as a criminal.
One of the reason why I am asking: nostr:nprofile1qqsyv47lazt9h6ycp2fsw270khje5egjgsrdkrupjg27u796g7f5k0spz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhszxthwden5te0wfjkccte9eekummjwsh8xmmrd9skctcpzamhxue69uhkzarvv9ejumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtcyflj58 asked what Nostr would mean to them. There were so many people saying: Freedom. Powerful people don't want regular people to live in freedom. So one of the many natural consequences would be: try to shut down Nostr.
From experience i've been banned from my relay list by IP address and forced now to use dummy accounts like this one on mobile because i know they want me to copy my private key and paste into a likely compromised/paid off dev's app. So yes, gov can ban/silence/limit individuals and so by extension shadow ban (make useless to freedom) #nostr.
I see. If you ever have the time, ability and capacity, feel free to make a video, blog or something else about. I would love to inshallah see it. The point is, I really appreciate #nostr. However, I do not think that it is that kind of freedom as many want to believe. Freedom is something that cannot be taken away from governments - or at least I would define freedom as such.