The Monero coup of Nostr continues? Yes, Simplified Privacy made a new tutorial on the Gossip client for desktop, and it had a brief reference to encourage the use of Pluja’s Monero Nostr relay. While this was a small part of the overall video, the lead developer of the client reposted it to his Nostr feed! We want to break down barriers and allow discussion for all!
Brief Background: Nostr is a decentralized Twitter perfect for Monero discussion and distribution after a potential ban. The sore point is that has bitcoin lightning zaps built in to many clients… However, the bitcoin part is completely separate from the core message protocol and Monero could be used instead IF THERE WAS THE WILL to do so….
In order to encourage more Monero users to adopt Nostr, Simplified Privacy continues to pump out tutorial videos. Many different clients can be used, just like there’s many different XMR wallets.
Our new animated tutorial covers Gossip, a secure client for Linux/Windows/Mac: https://video.simplifiedprivacy.com/gossip/
(Gossip is great for Tor speed and security.)
This briefly discussed Pluja’s XMR relay, creator of KYC not Me: xmr.usenostr.org
And if you know nothing about Nostr, check our previous tutorial on Amethyst, Iris, & Primal: https://video.simplifiedprivacy.com/nostrtutorial/
Here’s our Nostr Public Key: npub14slk4lshtylkrqg9z0dvng09gn58h88frvnax7uga3v0h25szj4qzjt5d6
We got this! DM and we’ll follow back (if you actually post about XMR)
I am a man of optimism! I may fail, but if I do nothing, that’s also a failure. So might as well give it a shot.
Why? Why not mastodon?
Hi, thanks for the reply. So with Mastodon, your identity is tied to a server which the admin can censor. If you own the server, then other servers can censor via defederation. This becomes an issue in the case that Monero is banned by governments and physical locations with IP addresses have to comply.
Instead, Nostr separates identity from physical locations through encryption. This allows you to own your identity like you’d self-custody Monero. This video goes over the basics: https://video.simplifiedprivacy.com/nostrtutorial/
Why not both? No one platform dominates today. Reddit’s monero community, lemmy’s monero community, nostr’s monero community, matrix’s monero community, and twitter’s monero community are all distinct. Monero needs to be supported everwhere since the world is moving away of the “one world monoculture”. WRT Nostr vs ActivePub (Lemmy/Mastodon), Nostr has a unique ID assigned to each person that can be easily portable, but the over-reliance on GUIDs makes it harder to identify people. ActivePub has a more diverse community but your identity is tied to a server. That being said, it is possible to move profile identities with the host support. The GUID and identity issue can be solved in both protocols within a year with suitable software upgraded, but the community issue is a much more difficult issue to change. Nostr tends to be more geeky while Lemmy tends to be more an “every day folks” forum.