Nobody else seems to care but I think nostr finally needs a Hash Chain event kind or tag that is enforced server-side:
- To add a new event to the chain, you MUST reference a previous event. If the r...
Solved this years ago but no one cared.
You create a Merkle tree of your post hashes, as a catalog for your account. The posts can still be individual, but the tree serves as a guide for if anything is missing. You don’t need a chain.
Problem is, two devices trying to update the tree (or your chain idea) at once may have a conflict — or during a partition among relays etc — so UI would be needed for fixing the tree. Gets a bit tricky due to many devices due to the CAP theorem.
You create a Merkle tree of your post hashes, as a catalog for your account. The posts can still be individual, but the tree serves as a guide for if anything is missing. You don’t need a chain.
Problem is, two devices trying to update the tree (or your chain idea) at once may have a conflict — or during a partition among relays etc — so UI would be needed for fixing the tree. Gets a bit tricky due to many devices due to the CAP theorem.
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