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Nostr explained: keys, relays, zaps and Blossom

What Nostr is and how it works: keys instead of accounts, signed events, relays anyone can run, the outbox model, NIP-05 names, zaps and Blossom for media. Plus its history, from fiatjaf's first commit in 2020 to Dorsey's bitcoin and the fight with Apple.

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been reading ali chraghi's "how not to build a music player" and it's way more than a dev log. he lives in iran, and after the internet blackouts (one of them lasted more than four months) he realized streaming just isn't an option when the government can switch the country off…

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