nostr ‘The middle doesn’t matter.’ - a quote that should apply to good #nostr relay design.… Tim Bouma Jul 10, 2024, 3:29 PM
npub I think NIP-05 is super-powerful because it gives an external trust context to an #npub. Some might argue, it is insecure, but that’s really a function of how the domain is managed and how you decide to trust. NIP-05 also gives a really good bridge to… Tim Bouma Jul 10, 2024, 2:10 PM
We need to name a law for this: 'After a time, all platforms go against their users.' Or something like: 'All users become eventually subjects of the platform.'… Tim Bouma Jul 10, 2024, 12:51 PM
authentication I love the elegance of using npubs for solving the #authentication problem. Having an identifier that natively supports encrypted messaging and signing can vastly reduce the complexity of login (#authentication)solutions and eliminate entirely the need to store passwords. But this still does not solve the #identity problem. If you… Tim Bouma Jul 10, 2024, 11:29 AM
Browsers (and certificate authorities) have become a necessary evil. Time to change that.… Tim Bouma Jul 10, 2024, 2:37 AM
nostr It’s refreshing that nobody on #nostr really talks about (or really cares about) #AI. For sure, it’s a great tool, but on those other platforms hardly a swipe goes by without seeing a post on the existential threats, etc. of #AI. My take is that here on #nostr… Tim Bouma Jul 10, 2024, 12:32 AM
nostr Signed Events Relayed (SRE) is as big of a deal as Proof of Work (POW). #nostr… Tim Bouma Jul 9, 2024, 11:53 PM