tekne on Nostr: Remember everyone: you do not own your data on Nostr. The relays do. “But I can run ...
Remember everyone: you do not own your data on Nostr. The relays do.
“But I can run my own relay! I can even support NIP-70! It’s my data!”
“MUST” in an NIP means “WON’T”. You own the rope that you hang yourself with. That’s all you own. Nostr is the “congrats you played yourself” protocol.
Published at
2026-05-05 03:44:05 UTCEvent JSON
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