Exploring Nostr: The Backbone of Decentralized Communication

I'm joined by guests Fiatjaf, Mike Dilger & Pablo to discuss relays and scaling nostr.

Chapters

(00:00) – Introduction to Nostr protocol and event signing

(02:15) – Relay management and costs in Nostr ecosystem

(05:30) – Scaling concerns and misconceptions about relay overload

(09:11) – Importance of public key identity management

(12:18) – Challenges in moderation and decentralized governance

(15:40) – Defining the roles of clients and relays

(20:19) – Lightning integration for payments in Nostr

(25:00) – Need for better developer tools for relay management

(29:45) – Cross-platform interoperability between Nostr and Mastodon

(35:20) – Censorship on Mastodon and the Fediverse

(40:05) – Scalability and reliability improvements during user influxes

(44:10) – The idea of creating more experimental and niche relays

(47:25) – Vision for integrating specialized relay functionality into clients

(49:31) – Concept of Yahoo Pipes for Nostr relays data aggregation tools

(50:09) – DVMs and the evolution of decentralized systems

(51:00) – Closing remarks

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