NOSTR NOTES & OTHER STUFF TRANSMITTED BY RELAYS

One could pass laws against it, but the freedom of speech, even more than privacy, is fundamental to an open society; we seek not to restrict any speech at all.

~ Eric Hughes, The Cypherpunk's manifesto, 1993

WHAT IS

NOSTR

TL;DR: nostr is a protocol that has the power to replace twitter, Telegram, and other things.

~ @dergigi

nostr is to freedom of communication as bitcoin is to freedom of transaction.

~ Keysa @SimplestBitcoinBook

Nostr is a simple, decentralized protocol for censorship-resistant, global, interoperable networks.

Nostr does not rely on a trusted central server.

It is a free and open source (FOSS) software protocol, like Bitcoin, HTTP or TCP/IP, which allows anyone to build on nostr.

It is how we retain our freedom to communicate with anyone, anywhere with an internet connection.

(it is) a communications protocol with a self-sovereign identity layer... and nostr is also more than that.

~ @dergigi