Laan Tungir on Nostr: Peer to Peer vs #Nostr. I love the idea of a fully peer-to-peer (p2p) networks, and ...

Peer to Peer vs #Nostr.

I love the idea of a fully peer-to-peer (p2p) networks, and have played with a couple. The problem with p2p networks is that they suffer from connectivity issues, particularly with mobile.

If I text you, and you are offline, I can't send the message. Then later you go online, but now my phone is off-line, it doesn't get sent either.

#Nostr is great because you can run your own nostr relay if censorship gets extreme. If I am running my own relay, and you are running your own relay, then we are peer to peer. #nostr can morph into p2p.

Even better, #nostr does this dynamically only for those who need it and are willing to host their own relay. For everyone else, they can utilize the performance enhancements you get from using relays.

#nostr can adapt and route around censorship obstacles.

Additionally, I believe the really important #nostr innovation to fight censorship is onboard users to having their own public-private key pair. This is a super-power. Once you and I have public and private keys, we don't have to utilize relays. We can use UPS, ham radio, carrier pigeon, or lasers bounced off the moon.

Practically speaking, I don't think that #nostr can be stopped.

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