It has been a busy week or so for Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey. His new app, Damus, which is built on the Nostr rotocol, was released on the iPhone App Store. Two days later, it was banned in China. Nostr is a fully-encrypted messaging protocol. Here's how to use it. Here are some things you can do with it. Here's a list of Nostr clients, including Damus. Here's the Damus source code. Damus messages are distributed via decentralized relays. There is no login, and no information is collected about senders and receivers. It's also integrated with Bitcoin Lightning to support payments. According to this article, "Damus won't be interoperable with Mastodon or Bluesky, but there could be bridges between these protocols in the future." No iPhone? Try Nostr console on the desktop, or run in a Docker container.
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