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Re:Nostr by sak5sk on Friday September 19, 2025 @05:06AM (#45299532)
Some nostr apps to demonstrate what it's capable of: https://www.openux.app/ - Mobbin alternative https://kinostr.com/ - movies with chat room https://zap.stream/ - live streaming similar to Twitch https://dtan.xyz/ - torrents https://zapstore.dev/ - permissionless app store https://nostrnests.com/ - audio room chats https://zapmeacoffee.com/ - like buy me a coffee
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Re:Nostr by digitalbase on Friday September 19, 2025 @05:43AM (#45299756)
I've been working on a Quora/StackOverflow alternative (on top of Nostr).

https://asknostr.site/

I hope this demonstrates how a distributed social protocol can solve many use cases and the advantage to the end-user:

- do not get rugpulled by (VC backed) companies that own your data

- receive zaps/money by contributing

- data is truely available to everyone (but signed by author)

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Re:Nostr by BinaryIgor on Friday September 19, 2025 @02:06PM (#45304619)
There are also tradeoffs:

* relays can just go away - you don't have your data then

* there is both user-friendly and secure way of managing your private keys; additionally, once your keys are gone, your identity is gone - there is no "I forgot my password" procedure

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Re:Nostr by agalush on Saturday September 20, 2025 @02:16AM (#45310910)
If you're worried about the durability of your contents, you can publish them on multiple relays, even self-hosted ones.

Also, events are just JSON content: you can easily dump them on your local storage and republish on another relay whenever you want.

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