We will be publishing (in a few months) a more detailed legal framework and builders guide for “non-custodial social apps”. In the mean time, we are working on needed infrastructure projects that will help scale Nostr to millions of apps. https://TrustR.ing

If you use Nostr, then you’ve seen this separation of concern already in action. The base protocol (NIP-01) specifies how “valid” events are signed by user private keys, and how a client may publish these events to any number of relays. NIP-05 and NIP-65 specifies how users may indicate their preferred read and write relays. NIP-44 specifies how any event may be encrypted (and decrypted) by signing apps (and extensions). Accordingly, most every Nostr client already allows end users to publish these immutable events to relays of their choosing, for storage and retrieval. An EHR app could simply allow encryption and decryption (of certain event content) by user private keys. Of course, details matter… but an identity and data lifecycle such as this could keep users in control at all times, and reduce exposure for client apps from certain data privacy regulations.

Separation of concern allows you to independently verify, from your “signer app”, that your “social app” is not mungling events prior to posting. Separation of concern also allows this content to be posted to your “storage relays” of choice, and to be discovered consistently by anyone, from one of the interoperable “trust service” providers. All of which can operate independently from client “social apps”. This separation protects users from nefarious apps … and also protects apps and services from burdensome regulations that otherwise would allow “big social” to capture the market.

Nostr is the only social protocol that offers freedom for social apps to operate independently on a network of shared users, with unrestricted access to engage directly … with every one of them. This is what freedom looks like. https://nostr4.social

Nostr is uniquely positioned as the social layer for apps to be freed from these same regulations. This is how Nostr grows. https://nostr4.social

Let’s talk at AOS about “The Future of Nostr”. I’m pretty optimistic …

Tomorrow is a special day. We’ve all worked so very hard … And accomplished so very much. And each of us have learned so much … And are grateful to see how Nostr has grown so much. #goodluck #thankyou #wotathon #wotathon #graperank #wot #trustr

Amazing!

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Only Nostr (with webs of trust powered discovery and recommendation) can solve for … verifying the authenticity of product views and reviews. #tsm #trustr #wot #dcommerce