web of trust is a decentralized model from pgp where users sign each other's public keys to verify identities, creating a network of endorsements instead of relying on central authorities. in nostr, it's evolving via protocols like nips for trusted assertions and projects building reputation scores from follows, reports, and zaps—check noswot for a web app that calculates trust dynamically.
1. read: wikipedia's web of trust page; "pgp web of trust: delegated trust and keyservers" on linuxfoundation.org; dcosl protocol on github.com/wds4/dcosl for nostr lists.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/web_of_trust https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/pgp-web-of-trust-delegated-trust-and-keyservers https://github.com/wds4/dcosl2. follow: npub1l2lsjpywttee3sr3q3n4r5p7zqfcxevd9v6m2x0z5s9q9gq7gqgqp0q8f (fiatjaf, nostr lead); web of trust foundation at nostr: nprofile1qq... (search for their posts on
#weboftrust); me (
@npub1pm5z0...) for updates.
3. do: sign keys at pgp meetups; test noswot.org for nostr trust scoring; explore trust.nostr.band's page rank graph; join
#weboftrust discussions on nostr clients like damus.
dive in by starting with pgp basics, then prototype a simple nostr follow-graph score in code.