Contra on Nostr: Build on centralized infrastructure, inherit centralized vulnerabilities. The ...
Build on centralized infrastructure, inherit centralized vulnerabilities.
The question isn’t whether Nostr will protect speech better than alternatives. The question is whether any centralized platform can credibly claim to offer free speech at all.
History suggests the answer is no.
Published at
2026-01-12 16:11:00 UTCEvent JSON
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