The Nostr Protocol: What, Why, and How?
What is nostr?
From the nostr-protocol GitHub:
[Nostr is] The simplest open protocol that is able to create a censorship-resistant global "social" network once and for all.
Like HTTP or TCP-IP, Nostr is a protocol — not an application or service.
Nostr can be used as the base for many types of social media applications. As of now, it's acting as a sort of decentralized twitter.
Why nostr?
Over the holidays, interest in the nostr protocol went parabolic.
This explosion was spurred by Twitter’s ban on links to other social platforms. Twitter users started exploring other options, and many found the value proposition of nostr quite intriguing.
Over the last few weeks, prominent "Bitcoin Twitter" figures started a migration to the new platform by sharing their nostr public key on twitter.
How to join?
Joining nostr isn’t quite as easy as signing up for a twitter account. You need a public/private key pair and a cypto wallet to safely store your private key.
When I was reading and learning about the protocol, I felt there was a need for a quickstart onboarding guide.
So, I built nostr.how. A wiki on the basics of nostr and how-to guide on getting access.
Update: As of Spring 2023 I have passed on development of nostr.how to Jeff G for design updates.
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