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inkan · 2w
I would not have been able to implement Inkan without the use of blockchains. Is there anything objectionable about using them?
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Yes it requires the blockchain. Nostr "simply" needs a relay and an equipped client to function currently, in all types of topologies. Bringing in another dependency chain creates additional complexity and requires different topological arrangements. Presumably relays and/or clients would need to operate a node (or trust a node) somewhere in order to provide the feature. Right now nostr is fully independent, requiring no chain.

It's just a different model I don't think many would want to opt-in to.

As a part business owner in this space. That just added another server I have to maintain alongside my relay and client (distribution/api) servers.
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Nuh · 2w
As a business owner you need to be more concerned about the bon-existent income and barely any users to even have hopes of income, not negligible costs.
inkan · 2w
The only modification to relays that I had to make was to have them verify and splice OTS proofs into the events they return. Here is a reference implementation: https://gitlab.com/inkan_dev/ots-enabled-strfry Inkan runs without operating a node, but I guess it has to trust some nodes along the wa...