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nostr is centralizing. by design
every centralization point was a rational response to a missing tool. each solved problem removed the pressure to build what would have prevented the next one
mar 5, 2026
social networks and custody mismatch
why the social graph should be infrastructure, and what it costs when it isn't
mar 11, 2026
the immutable and the exposed: bitcoin protects its past, nostr cannot
bitcoin and nostr will feel the same quantum blow, but it lands in opposite places. one you can defend, the other has already been harvested
jun 3, 2026