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 Nostr and Session are both public/private keypairs generated locally that then send messages across nodes/relays.  Nostr is to Twitter, what Session is to Telegram.  The two compliment each other perfectly, as Nostr is on the clearweb, making it easier to share content.  While as Session is on the darkweb w/ blockchain DNS making it much more censorship resistant.

With Nostr, you post to YOUR relays.  With Session, you send TO THEIR relays, making surveillance of outgoing content so hard, that it's not even feasible to stop.  On the clearweb with Nostr, it’s far easier for content to go viral.  However Nostr only protects the creator, while as Session also protects the relays and who is your audience.

Governments will weigh the costs vs the benefits of censoring Nostr.  Our thesis is that when combined with Session, they will back down.  Join the experiment, hit up our bot w/ the Session ID: Simple