Usability is much more important than decentralization this early on. If your protocol is super decentralized but noone wants to use it, then who cares. Switching to more decentralized ways of pulling notes is something can be easily changed later.
Primal is a prime example of this. Absolutely killing it in UX while not focusing too much on decentralization early on. It shouldn’t be too hard for them to make things more decentralized over time.
Yeah, or maybe just stay centralized and capture the network and sell it for a profit.
Yup, history is littered with examples of that, with ZERO examples of the reverse.
Its not too big of a deal there will be a wide range of clients to choose from with varying levels of centralization. Market will decide what the best approach is at any given time. Early on better ux will win, but they are not mutually exclusive and both styles will likely converge overtime on both sides.
How are they killing it on ui if the android app still requires your nsec
what is your solution?
Maybe Primal, when an user join it, ask just for an email and encrypt the nsec in their services, so if the user needs the nsec, they could request their nsec by email?
this wouldn’t change anything. The app still needs an nsec to create posts
Isn't this the Bluesky ethos?
Another important aspect is that the path to decentralization should be easy and obvious. Its not clear if bluesky has that
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https://github.com/did-method-plc/did-method-plc Cryptographic identity w/ key rotation. The centralized PLC server can evolve to a decentralized relay-type solution. I'm drooling.
@greenart7c3 can Amber evolve to something that integrates different cryptographic identities on different platforms. Like "this key on nostr is the same person as this other key on BlueSky". Also: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/issues/2859
By my definition Nostr is decentralized
It can be to different degrees 1. Connect to 1 relay (centralized) 2. Connect to 7 mega relays (a bit less centralized but arguably still centralized) 3. Outbox model, 1000s of community relays: decentralized 3. Outbox model, lots of people running their own relay: a cypherpunks-wet-dream decentralized The flexibility is the most interesting thing to me
Probably why Farcaster has been successful so far.
And also why it will never be decentralized.
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Admittedly, the app is smooth as butter, but the infra is highly, highly centralized.
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I can't think of a single example of something that started centralized and "decentralized eventually". nostr:nevent1qqsx2k0sjanm648c5hk8g8up4s6z5g5gu4zu9kn2x2l7husy0rg96zgpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7q3qxtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsxpqqqqqqzzdlp6w
Depende do nicho em , a coisa pode crescer em um nicho de mercado que não seja o do povo, mais sim de alguns grupos . exemplo é o silk hold, estava tão grande que obrigaram o governo a parar, com a descentralização, hoje teriamos silk hold ? que alias a navegação e velocidade não era na da agradável. com o nostr já superamos muitas barreiras. juntamente com tor podemos ter novamente um mercado descentralizado, eterno .
The superier experience will bring the masses. The principles of the protocol will keep them around