Nostr is basically just a giant electronic bulletin board. Each relay hosts their own version of it, and each day people come and posts their notes all over it. The crypto signatures are like handwritten ones, once you've learned to recognize someone's writing (added their npub to your follow list), you can reliably identify all of their other posts.
The only reason it doesn't get overwhelming is because computers can sort and search through the sheer avalanche of notes posted every single day in milliseconds to find you the ones you're actually interested in.
cmdrkeen
npub174…ylth2
2025-09-27 07:02:34 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…azz8
Author Public Key
npub174tphl6zaczjxvm6k8rrsl7282457apjqf9cm2mrvwev098vz48slylth2Published at
2025-09-27 07:02:34 UTCEvent JSON
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"content": "Nostr is basically just a giant electronic bulletin board. Each relay hosts their own version of it, and each day people come and posts their notes all over it. The crypto signatures are like handwritten ones, once you've learned to recognize someone's writing (added their npub to your follow list), you can reliably identify all of their other posts.\n\nThe only reason it doesn't get overwhelming is because computers can sort and search through the sheer avalanche of notes posted every single day in milliseconds to find you the ones you're actually interested in.",
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