Snowden on the Lightning Network on Nostr

Re:Snowden on the Lightning Network on Nostr by mypastself on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @03:18PM (#34509629)

Anyone have a nice an easy explanation of whatever this is? Sounds like ActivityPub, but it’s also used as an extra layer on top of Bitcoin’s Lightning Network? Someone in the comments also mentions onion routing?

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Re:Snowden on the Lightning Network on Nostr by friend_and_foe on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @03:26PM (#34509773)

It's not like ActivityPub, and it doesn't use lightning as part of the transport on the network.

It's basically a public key addressed messaging protocol that uses relays to complete transport.

https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nostr

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Re:Snowden on the Lightning Network on Nostr by interface1860 on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @05:07AM (#34516550)

This blog posts gives and introduction to Nostr and how to use it: https://blog.getalby.com/how-to-use-nostr-with-the-alby-exte... It is recommended to managed your private key externally (e.g. with a browser extension) and not hand it over to a Nostr app for signing messages on the network.

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