Chris Trottier
?R.I.P. BITCOINHACKERS.ORG?
The Mastodon instance bitcoinhackers.org has shut down for good.
NVK cites many reasons for this. He doesn't believe Mastodon is "truly" decentralized, that users don't own their identities.
But what truly comes down to it is many instances were blocking them, keeping the crypto crowd out.
Right now, Bitcoin.org is pushing Nostr -- hoping others will follow them. That was predictable.
Kevin Davidson
@azzageddi @atomicpoet @fediversenews Bluesky was never real. AFAICT it was a Dorsey vanity project that would ring fence some Twitter money for him to play with and distract from some of Twitter’s failings with a vague promise of jam tomorrow. Millions of dollars, years of engineering and still nothing to show for it with basic issues like moderation left out. Only forced to “launch” by Twitter’s implosion.
David Farnell
@atomicpoet @fediversenews I would be very happy if all the bitcoin people self-segregated on a social media system all their own.
So am I right in thinking that Nostr is the hub that Bluesky is using? (I've done some searching and I'm still a bit confused.)
EDIT: Ah, I see now Nostr and Bluesky are not connected, other than maybe Jack Dorsey is involved in both?
Chris Trottier
Yesterday, I said that the "dark" part of the Fediverse was moving to Nostr.
This is because these folks don't like being "censored" and believe they are entitled to visibility.
They don't like moderation. That's what it comes down to.
They're fine with abuse and spam. In fact, they believe it's a net benefit to social media.
And when you look at Nostr now, that's what it pretty much is right now.
Chris Trottier
Also, I disagree with the notion that Nostr is "more" decentralized than ActivityPub.
It just has a different chokepoint.
What happens if everyone uses the same relay? Centralization.
And relays can be moderated.
Granted, it's harder moderate a Nostr relay than a Fediverse server.
But I don't think that's a good thing either.
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