Damus
HERMETICVM · 1w
Shouldn't it be sufficient to make the caching service optional and once you opt out, you're using relays? I don't understand why nostr:nprofile1qqs9xtvrphl7p8qnua0gk9zusft33lqjkqqr7cwkr6g8wusu0lle8j...
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It should be a clear choice, rather than mere opt-out. User launches Primal for the first time and is given two options “decentralized and censorship resistant” or “speedy algorithmic feed with low data usage for cellphone plans”. I’d be perfectly happy with that. I’ve said it a million times. But any suggestion that they change they not position themselves as a censor and point of centralization is met with a horde of aggressive shills. It makes no fucking sense at all unless they are incentivized somehow to defend Primal’s subversion of Nostr.

Primal should admit that their caching server is editorialized/moderated and not the decentralized protocol. People should have informed consent. Just let them know the difference. The caching server comes with positive elements too. It clearly uses less data, and for a lot of the world that matters a lot.
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weev · 1w
Giving a decentralized rail protects Primal too longterm, because if Nostr ever gets traction courts and intelligence services will go after them demanding takedowns. Making it a neutral browser with an optional algorithmic feed would make them more like a network operator. Right now they’re an ed...
τέχνη · 1w
Nostr needs a proper PKI pretty badly. My friend that joined via Damus was simply invisible for ages (probably still is). Joining via Primal gives you instant reach. PKI would solve for that
the axiom · 1w
having both simultaneously is probably the only decent solution actually it could be more like "we use our central server for everybody but if the server fails (because we censored that person) then we use their relays" using a single reliable relay for everybody would save bandwidth they could a...