Tim Bouma

Another thing that #nostr does is that it decouples the concept of a ‘certificate’. Shortly after the invention of asymmetric cryptography, the ‘certificate’ was invented which was basically a signed public key with some metadata. This gave rise to that very powerful industry, PKI, where they made you believe that…

Once again, I am becoming more confident that #nostr and its signed event model is the right way to go. This time around, the model has helped to clarify the distinction between #identifier and #identity. We’ve all been guilty of using these terms interchangeably, if not as equivalent. I…

The website/ca system - the Achilles Heel of the internet:…

ABNF notation for possible governance models: governance = "Lord of the" pick-your-poison pick-your-poison = "Flies" / "Rings"…

The internet gave us open communication. Bitcoin gave us open money. Nostr gives us self-generated identifiers (npubs). Cashu gives us blinded bearer tokens (Cashu tokens). Nostr and Cashu, which build on the internet and Bitcoin, give everyone the sovereign socioeconomic capability to trust and trade, independently of any platform,

Ouch.…

When the time is right. Not my first rodeo. The biggest issue is that it adds a lot of stress on those who wish to be creative in private first, then reveal. FWIW, I published a book in the open, I was anonymous as I was writing the book (historical…

The most powerful thing about an npub is its independent existence. It exists independently of client, platform, and most importantly, independently of any legal enforcement system. That means, with my npub, I can seamlessly transition between clients and platforms which I actively do with iOS, Android, Ubuntu, macOS and with…

I love analog relays…

Don’t obey. Verify.…

@LibertyIɱp sent sats!…

I’d like to test out the Pay to Npub (P2NPUB) a few more times. Please reply or dm if you wish to receive a few sats. In Amethyst, all you need is a valid lightning wallet to click to redeem. Thanks.…

Nostr Naming System by @Vitor Pamplona…