I still marvel at the concept of nostr:nprofile1qqsryw70hw5qf38vcqddvuwc4kggzh8yty485gyv3qxh8zhyqg0tz4qpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhszyrhwden5te0dehhxarj9ekk7mf0qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9u9nm47p
When many people know the same private key, they enjoy fully anonymous group DMs and group announcements.
People who know the key can sign and encrypt messages to it, which only the other group members can read, but even they don't know who actually signed the message. It's a refreshing change to not know the identity of a speaker, you focus on the message, not the messenger, and high quality ideas are generally promoted.
Likewise anyone in the group can sign a kind 1 and make public posts to the nostr, where again nobody knows which exact individual signed this message.
This is such a trivial solution, and it's amazing how well it actually works. Yet we can apply zero knowledge cryptography to have more secure access rights while still ensuring anonymity of the participants.
Interesante idea
nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzpdlddzcx9hntfgfw28749pwpu8sw6rj39rx6jw43rdq4pd276vhuqqs885qh4aqmmzkveqhggqhes4yfrd6a9pmu8rza5z7l4c2c27q32vqpfrlf0
This is a brilliant idea to explore
Yes! Ive did this a few years ago… check out the tag #peercuration
I was tickled when I thought this was an SEC notice board and people could chat shit about Gary Gensler to their coworkers anonymously.
Like nostr slack
Indeed. If the message signer is a person, AI or what ever, doesnt matter… what matter is the content of the message. This is a foundational insight and why #peercuration works. Blue and Orange checks can be bought… but the intrinsic value of a message can not. In a #protocolSociety value can not be spoofed.
Fascinating thoughts. The group (id) is just another npub. A shared private inbox.
A shared nsec could also be deterministically rolled forward (ratchet) in order to decorrelate the group msg npub(s). Then it becomes conceptually similar to nip 104 mls.
But I really like the simplicity of "shared npubs" as a building block to build other things than private chat rooms. It is already there, interoperable and supported by most clients.
Eventually all humans will have only one nsec !
The question really is how will we split the #sats :-)
The secret is simplicity!
This is a great idea for a channel of corruption denunciations of dictatorial governments, where non-conniving public officials could share evidence and documents! Or simply a collaborative newspaper!
You think this kinda concept would work for my kinda page?
Signers would tell others on experiences of different lodgings with some common characteristic.
Lots of things are possible with this or similar crypto schemes, so you can adapt the nuances to your usecase.
Is this concept live?
Yeah, just tell me your nsec and we can try it out 😉
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