moonkaptain on Nostr: I think the most underrated feature of NOSTR is its role as an identity layer. It’s ...

I think the most underrated feature of NOSTR is its role as an identity layer. It’s built right into the protocol, but it’s usually pitched as a generic social media alternative.
In the future the default assumption will be everything online is fake. We’ll only trust what’s cryptographically signed. In that world, it’s not the specific app that matters most, but the way we authenticate content. That’s where NOSTR will quietly become a big deal.
We’ll need better web-of-trust solutions to build reputation on, and we need ways one can spin up and manage as many identities as they want, while still treating them as a single ID on their end. Being able to know the reputation of an identity without knowing the actual owner behind it feels like the future. I think NOSTR is the beginning of that.