Why “Nostr” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
Show HN: An old school forum on an open protocol – your identity is a keypair
by dtonon · Sep 30, 2026 · 17 points
The nostr baggage I referred to is the crypto culture on the network. I appreciate nostr for being sparse as well. ActivityPub doesn't feel approachable re: understanding the pr…
by sellmesoap · Sep 29, 2026
I am building grain and it can almost do everything nostr is ready to do. It is very easily hostable. Relay and client side. Still missing a few things. It's at 0.8.0, last few…
by oceanslim · Sep 29, 2026
NOSTR notes are very flexible. For example you can have the json include metadata which is essential to know where it should be going, or you can encrypt everything and send wha…
by nunobrito · Sep 29, 2026
Doesn't nostr also forego routing metadata?
by someonebaggy · Sep 28, 2026
There is zero baggage on NOSTR regarding identities. An npub became the non-ambiguous way to reference anyone regardless of where they are writing from. Thank you for the refere…
by nunobrito · Sep 28, 2026
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Nostr is a decentralized communication open protocol which was built to resist internet censorship. Read more on Wikipedia