Nostr development
Nostr is an open protocol for creating uncensored social networks. By itself, Nostr is not a social network or application, this is a protocol on top of which many different applications can be built, such as Twitter, Telegram or Reddit. Boosty Labs is the largest blockchain development company in Europe. Its world-class fintech and cloud engineering team with a solid background of practice that combines consulting, strategy, design and engineering at scale, can help with Nostr development.
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Benefits of Nostr Development
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Censorship Resistant
Nostr is censorship resistant because anyone can create a server and write to it, even if you are blocked from broadcasting to other servers.
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Keys Instead of Accounts
Like crypto wallets, Nostr clients (apps) use public and private keys to create your “account” instead of using email and password.
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Bitcoin Integration
In fact, the private key of the Nostr user is a wallet in the Lightning Network. Some clients built on Nostr already have the ability to send multiple Satoshis to anyone on the Nostr network. Perhaps in the future, the degree of integration with Bitcoin will increase.
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Gaining Momentum Quickly
The protocol has been rapidly gaining popularity since its release, and several applications built on Nostr are already gaining the attention of users.
Nostr Key Features
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Difference from traditional social network
Nostr is an open protocol for creating uncensored social networks. Nostr is not a social network or application, it is a protocol on top of which many different applications can be built, such as Twitter, Telegram or Reddit.
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Decentralization
Unlike classic social networks, Nostr is not run by any one company, it is decentralized. There are many servers that can store information and anyone can run their own server if they want.
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Structure
There are two types of Nostr participants – clients and relays. The web application acts as a client, and the relay is a server that stores information. There can be a huge number of relays, and everyone, if desired, can launch their own relays. Just like servers, there can be many different clients (applications) through which you send a message.
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Work Scheme
To work in Nostr, a public and private key is used. Roughly speaking, the public key is the login, and the private key is the password. You write a message, sign it with a private key (this happens automatically, you don’t need to do anything else) and send it to one or several relays at once.
Nostr is a social networking protocol that allows users to join independently managed global servers or relays instead of relying on any centralized server. NOSTR stands for Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays.
Unlike Mastodon, this protocol uses a Bitcoin-like public/private key system instead of an email account and password. The protocol on which many systems are currently built offers users various decentralized and censorship-resistant social media applications, such as Damus, which is even integrated into Bitcoin Lightning payments.
Nostr works with two components: clients and relays. Each user of the protocol runs the client, just like the Honor application. Also, anyone can start the transponder.
Relay servers are responsible for receiving so-called “events”. These are metadata about the user (name, photo and biography), text messages, as well as information about other relays. Each event in Nostr contains a public key, a publication date, and a digital signature.
The relay is very simple. It does nothing but receive messages from some people and forward them to others. It does not require trust since the signature is verified on the client side.
Customers are responsible for interacting with relays in the Nostr ecosystem. With their help, users form events, sign them with keys, and send them for publication. Also, clients can download data from selected relays, implementing the “subscription” function. If we talk about specific applications, then there is an open messenger Anigma, built in the image and likeness of Telegram, and a social network for exchanging short messages Damus. There is even a Jester chess client and an Nvote forum.
As with all cryptocurrencies, you create a public/private key mapping through your client to access your account. Public keys are like usernames and private keys are like passwords. However, it should be noted that private keys must be kept secret and in a safe place, since it is impossible to reset the password.
To broadcast a tweet-like message, you connect to relays and sign the messages with your private key. The streamer you are connected to will broadcast your message. Public addresses in Nostr also allow anyone to send a private message that only the appropriate recipient can decrypt because it is encrypted with the recipient’s public key.
Nostr accounts work similarly to crypto wallets with a public-to-private key mapping. Therefore, those with experience in the crypto space may find it easier to get used to using this decentralized platform than those new to the field.
Platform clients can allow users who want to make financial transactions to send Bitcoins to verified peers using simple and permissionless methods. On top of Nostr, you can create not only analogues of Twitter, it can also be an analogue of Instagram or some messenger, or something fundamentally new.
It is impossible to limit your ability to communicate, you cannot be banned, and all your subscribers are always with you, because any number of applications on Nostr is a single network. You can ask the question: “Where is the blockchain here?” The answer is simple – it is not here. It turned out that a decentralized and restriction-free social network does not even need a blockchain.
Nostr is a very interesting project. From the point of view of its design, it is seriously different from other Web 3.0 social networks. In principle, it is difficult to call it a crypto project, because, in fact, there is no crypto there. But the features of the project, such as the fight against censorship, decentralization and lack of control, make it very similar to other crypto social networks.
Getting started with Nostr is much easier than with its rivals. All clients for Nostr are in beta and will become much more user friendly in the future. A more difficult task is to motivate people to run their relays (servers). In social networks on the blockchain, this problem is solved by the presence of a token and the encouragement of those who keep the network working. In Nostr, in turn, the prospects for monetization for those who run their servers are not very clear.
All in all, Nostr looks very interesting and different from its competitors. Also, the support of people like Jack Dorsey or Edward Snowden suggests that there really is something special about the project. Perhaps now we are seeing the birth of Bitcoin in the world of social networks.
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