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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">This seems a bit like the system I used to use on Amateur Radio. I built a piece of hardware, for 'Packet Radio', which could communicate with whatever relays I could receive. If I wanted to send a message to an amateur who was abroad, and I was sending on VHF, then the message would be stored and, if I remember correctly, it would then be sent on an a high frequency band so it could be received in the appropriate country.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">"<span>Unlike Mastodon it is not single server based" <br></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span>But, of course, the servers are federated, so they do all join together. The only Mastodon software that I know that doesn't federate is Mr. Trump's so called 'Truth' network - it uses Mastodon software.</span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span>Brian<br></span></div><div><br></div>
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On Saturday, 22 April 2023 at 22:05:28 CEST, Bernard Czenkusz via Bradford <bradford@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">Hi, I've just come across an interesting subject:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://nostr.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://nostr.com/</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">If I understand it correctly:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">It seems to be a simple messaging system; you publish a message to a <br></div><div dir="ltr">number of relays, and anyone subscribing to one, or more, of those <br></div><div dir="ltr">relays can get your message.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Each message is key signed, so you can subscribe to a particular user's <br></div><div dir="ltr">public key - and hence to that user. You just need to know a relay that <br></div><div dir="ltr">user is on.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Unlike Mastodon it is not single server based, but is distributed across <br></div><div dir="ltr">the relays, which store and forward from and to clients. You can add or <br></div><div dir="ltr">move relays.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Described as open and distributed, with anyone able to run clients or <br></div><div dir="ltr">relays, it seems viable for text, and possibly other forms of data sharing.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I think it interesting as it seems to be straightforward and potentially <br></div><div dir="ltr">open to future developments.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">cheers<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> Bernard<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">-- <br></div><div dir="ltr">Bradford mailing list<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:Bradford@mailman.lug.org.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bradford@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/bradford" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/bradford</a><br></div></div>
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