Josephus on Nostr: I never even thought of this, but this is actually amazing and does two things: 1) ...

I never even thought of this, but this is actually amazing and does two things:

1) “you may not know this person, but 15 others in his/her local area have validated he/she is a real person”.

2) this establishes the precedent of an internet protocol for turning each person’s local community into a baseline for how the internet functions

And it does these things while maintaining anonymity and decentralization. Locals can vet you, but they can’t deny you access.

#bitchat #futuresystems #decentralization #localcommunities

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nevent1q…5k0f

favoriting someone you meet on bitchat in person is a form of “proof of personhood”. a potential way to rebuild the internet with more clarity around who is real versus bot