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streetyogi · 165w
True, but it uses the Lightning Network protocols for communication, just like Damus or Amethyst use Nostr. I’m curious what the benefits are of using a separate protocol like Nostr, not everyone ne...
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thinking about nostr protocol only for lighting / bitcoin use is very small view. Do you understand how many payments are done every day in the world with bitcoin? Compare this number with number of emails, etc etc many others things which we are using every day. If nostr protocol will be successfull many of this services can in the future using nostr protocol instead older protocol actually used today.
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streetyogi · 165w
Lightning is not Bitcoin exclusive, Litecoin has it implemented too, basically any blockchain that has multisig and timelocks can utilize it. But I see what you mean, without the bloat of Lightning, Nostr can focus on doing one thing well, and that is messaging. Knowing the Unix philosophy, I should...
streetyogi · 165w
Btw., that’s what I mean by bloat: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lightning_Network_Protocol_Suite.png#/media/File:Lightning_Network_Protocol_Suite.png