The protocol is 100% nostr native. It work by default between nostr users.
The bridges are required to allow adoption. If there is no bridge, almost nobody would want to use it.
See bridges as a nostr user (keypair) that forward emails to and from SMTP.
Russell
npub1kg…uw5te
2026-05-15 07:58:45 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…txx7
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npub1kg4sdvz3l4fr99n2jdz2vdxe2mpacva87hkdetv76ywacsfq5leqquw5tePublished at
2026-05-15 07:58:45 UTCEvent JSON
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