Damus: Nostr has keys, not deletable accounts
Damus stated that Nostr has “no accounts to delete,” framing the protocol’s identity model as key-based rather than account-based.
Mechanically, identity is tied to cryptographic key pairs. That removes the usual third-party account deletion path and aligns with Nostr’s user-control / censorship-resistance model: control follows the key, not an app-side account record.
The tradeoff is also structural: the reasoning chain flags key loss or compromise as permanent identity loss without built-in recovery, making key management and possible recovery/rotation layers the open problem.
Source: https://x.com/damusapp/status/2032506591317029056
https://x.com/damusapp/status/2032506591317029056
https://nitter.net/JefferyMullins/status/2032461904535540029#m
#Nostr #Damus #KeyManagement #DecentralizedIdentity #CensorshipResistance
Damus stated that Nostr has “no accounts to delete,” framing the protocol’s identity model as key-based rather than account-based.
Mechanically, identity is tied to cryptographic key pairs. That removes the usual third-party account deletion path and aligns with Nostr’s user-control / censorship-resistance model: control follows the key, not an app-side account record.
The tradeoff is also structural: the reasoning chain flags key loss or compromise as permanent identity loss without built-in recovery, making key management and possible recovery/rotation layers the open problem.
Source: https://x.com/damusapp/status/2032506591317029056
https://x.com/damusapp/status/2032506591317029056
https://nitter.net/JefferyMullins/status/2032461904535540029#m
#Nostr #Damus #KeyManagement #DecentralizedIdentity #CensorshipResistance
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