jb55 on nostr

like the computers? if it’s not your server, it’s someone elses.

I think servers should just become routers/relays, with data and logic stored within nodes/peers. I never thought this was viable until a realized how well nostr relays worked as a NAT workaround.

this is just a half baked idea but there might be something to it.

I like the store-and-forward functionality of nostr without the permanence. Some kind of p2p protocol with state. Maybe im talking crazy. Ill stop now.

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Water Blower · 131w

I like servers if mine.

cloud fodder · 131w

The only thing that makes a server a server is that it has a port open to the internet. If more clients could open ports then you wouldn't need a server. But since mobile networks all use heavy nat firewalls and everybody is on mobile now, prob not gonna happen. Take a look at coturn though, it's...

Erik Jones · 131w

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ben · 131w

I feel you. I get hung up on the permanence of event data today, or maybe lack of explicit impermanence? we effectively have a decentralized event bus with persistence, that lacks delivery guarantees. we can build small functions and views on top of this to create pretty much anything. peers come a...

techfeudalist · 131w

I think it would work for most apps. Thinking through what you might lose… 🤔 Search, discovery, and history unless you created centralized caching and indexing services (like how primal is now doing). A single source of truth, like say for commercial systems where you don’t want to sell ...