Nostr tries to solve the problem of publishing short notes (“and other stuff”) on the Internet. Twitter solved this problem neatly, then complicated it through API and client restrictions, advertising, and a clumsy interface. Finally, they fully unsolved it by inserting themselves as the arbiters of what speech is allowed. That’s fine, their platform, their rules; clumsy censorship is just a feature I don’t want. An “unfollow” button is all I need. Twitter is only going to get worse, the Bluesky initiative is an acknowledgement that something fundamental needs to change.

Although it's quite different, this reminds me a lot of Scuttlebutt, which uses a gossip protocol, but shares the same concept of relays for bootstrapping/propagating messages.

I'm keen to see this takeoff. The spec is pretty refreshing (thanks @fiatjaf! 👏🏻)

Seems complicated