LynAlden on nostr

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Good afternoon.

I published a new long-form article on Nostr on my homepage, to help inform people about all the cool things people are building here.

I'm going to go over it a few more times before I promote it on my other socials and email lists in the coming days (Nostr first!), so if anyone has any feedback, I can still potentially incorporate it.

Enjoy.

https://www.lynalden.com/the-power-of-nostr/

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Why would Primal need any level of personal information to create a lightning wallet... absolutely absurd! https://cdn.satellite.earth/83bd43a77a4d162da467c402e97c7ca043ee20aa404a8c79f560fbc1e59d8cbb.png

Dion Wilson · 87w

Great read. You really have a gift for putting things into a practical perspective.

Laan Tungir · 87w

Lyn that was fantastic. Best case I've read for #nostr. I thought your point on a decentralized payment graph was great. I also enjoy the technical level you right at. There aren't many writers writing at that level as good as you are.

Really enjoy this article! Will update my article with a link to this as a nostr explainer (my article being one I wrote comparing atproto and nostr)

I'm sharing this with my friends

Daryn Cavalier · 87w

Amazing to consider how immature we are as a species to rely on permissioned third party providers to facilitate the exchange of value. The potential that Bitcoin and nostr unlock within the human race as we realize the ability to create and exchange value between one another is something I hope I...

Sweet article, you have an elegant way of explaining things. Thank you

Christopher Tamez · 87w

Amazing job ! ❤️👏🏻

Well written, though I think perhaps a little too long as one piece. Also, while I understand how multiple relays might delay the building of a captive market, I wasn't convinced that a captive market is out of the question. IIRC, google chat, once upon a time, incorporated XMPP. They had also deve...

Scale Bar · 87w

Great article! A balanced overview and very accessible. One thought that came to mind while reading section two was regarding friction. It might be helpful to include a brief discussion about how reducing friction may in some cases not be desirable. After all, friction, much like a tool is neither g...

It gets harder and harder to distinguish 'real' data (audio, video, photo) from AI generated one. The signing of this data with a private key and linking to it can help establish the source. Maybe add a few lines on elaborating how this helps establishing actual data from deep fakes?

Hey Lyn, great to see you writing in the long-form space on Nostr . Check out the Nostr Obsidian plugin which will make your writing ➡️ publishing on Nostr experience even smoother 😃 keep em coming 😄

Hi Lyn, great read as usual from your hand! Question: if one switches client does it keep your wallet? Or do you need a fresh wallet for every client? Maybe you can add a little information about that, as it is important to know before you switch client or want to use multiple. Two spelling mistak...

Hi Lyn, Not sure what you mean by: "In other words, Nostr separates the client layer from the public domain communication protocol layer for social media, in a similar (and even more thorough) way that webmail clients separate the client layer from the SMTP public domain communication protocol lay...

Lyn really did a big deal. https://image.nostr.build/32a94df3e68348f1753bc72011af6b62a82a2dea69afe9f2f8027266dcd17243.gif

He terminado de leerlo y muestra completamente lo que es Nostr. Tal vez haría falta una pequeña sección de tips básicos como usar hashtags para encontrar contenido, o indicar que ya existen comunidades en diferentes idiomas como #hispano u otras, ayudaría a los nuevos a saber dónde buscar ayud...

pailakapo · 87w

A couple things: - this Nostr layer should eventually take *all* communication, social media, texts, and email, and converge. It should just be that you message someone (there's no distinction between text and email) or you message everyone (social media). - Jack Dorsey's comments about *not* ope...

been working through this. fantastic read so far. really enjoy your content and insight!

Your article is probably the best explanation of nostr I’ve seen in a while

Michael S Wildcard ✨ 😶‍🌫️🗽⚡ · 87w

Like this.. Also since that npub is listed on your website, basically guarantees your profile is real right? https://njump.me/npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a

BitHodlr · 87w

Nice article, thanks. I just joined and was looking for an explanation.

You wrote about the possibility of using different tokens. Is it possible to create NFTs here?

theotherme · 87w

Thanks Lyn for another helpful explainer article. I have two comments: a) You seem to like the Primal Nostr client but it appears that in order to connect a wallet you need to supply personal info such as name & email & shoe size etc.? b) The upside of a 'global' payment address/account list is cle...

I would like a detailed guide on wallets. I am a noob in this ecosystem and am used to Ethereum, where you have 1 address for all occasions 😅

Orange Pilled Dictator · 87w

Love the article. I think there should be disclosure of your relationship to ego death and primal at the bottom of the article.

Joel Peterson · 87w

awesome article!

illuminodes · 87w

#nostr #removespof https://m.primal.net/JZMh.png

You sure you want to refer to X as Twitter?

dikaiosune · 87w

i saw the article thats a cool mention for the platform. i think nostr does more because its its own platform but https://pls.fyi allows you to create a signed namespace and put all your social media links or payment there. It uses the pulsechain EVM blockchain. Just different ways of similar goals....

Typo: ‘and there are other KNOW people following(..)’

Zach Lanting · 87w

Hey Lyn, still trying to understand what incentives people/companies have to host servers for storing nostr data? It's not like P2P sharing, correct? So how/where does the data get stored? Thanks

great article, thanks!

Great read thanks for sharing 🙏

Excellent, Lyn, thank you so much for this help!!!