Oddbean new post about login | logout nostr has relays, X has a database. Not the same. Cracking down on nostr is like cracking down on Bitcoin. Impossible.
developers are attack vectors - if you can id a dev to an app or service, you can nail them or even just make their life miserable enough to stop pushing the lead. The protocol is fine; should always be as long as we have good actor relays and clients. But the devs can be attacked if they get to "big" and it may not even be governments; fucking Meta-boy Zuck will get @WillCasarin into a triangle choke hold - whatchumean FBI, he'll deal with it himself https://image.nostr.build/a505722799cfd0f991722b46fbc6dd0d82dc407f8e76073593bf57721b473b7e.jpg
Lol Zuckerli. I'd love to spar with that dude and kick his butt into Nirvana. While you're right in terms of Devs being an attack vector they still won't be able to stop nostr. But events such as Pavel's arrest in France show us why Satoshi's disappearance was a good thing. The moment you attach your name or a company to your work you're making yourself a target 🎯
that's it - perfect example. Pavel is a centralised point of attack. In his case, he does affect telegram - here, no one individual affects nostr protocol or the essence of relays and sharing notes. like you can't take out fiatjaf irl because of his opsec. same with satoshi. Opsec for nostr devs is important imo, which is what my point is. Sure you can't attack the protocol, but you can attack the humans around it. but that's what I take away from this Parker dude tweets - Elon has security and money and influence to create a moat of protection. Fiatjaf, Satohsi used anonymity for protection. Will, Kieran, Pablo etc. all are front facing devs - in this aspect they can be attacked and then whose gonna build zap.stream 😢 me? you? God save us.
