2026-09-24T15:47:33Z https://njump.me https://njump.me/npub1qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqzqujme https://njump.me/r/relay.brightbolt.net/web+nostr:relay.brightbolt.net/private https://pfp.nostr.build/8826fc519509d9352e8ff9d537b86c9858c75c46bbda001ec46682a99e112078.jpg https://pfp.nostr.build/8826fc519509d9352e8ff9d537b86c9858c75c46bbda001ec46682a99e112078.jpg https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqqq8twardeegutj0y74w46te4wz0u7skep54aslhgaaw5qpmcdspg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtpkj8q9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqqqn55trlwvfhk2nst6v0ad98qsks7nq5ccu8z72dyc6shk54qpz4mhxue69uhkummnw3ex2mrfw3jhxtn0wfnsdkf8ae'>nevent1q…f8ae</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>For if, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ. - Romans 5:17 2026-09-24T15:47:33Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqqq8rvgsa3sm4eakex0a8agehwae5vftqqerfh4k06n4q98vvrgpg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtpcma0l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqqrnzhnuyhr5v2hhsgr3nh7ltfahsl4yu9247m3mr2ulshd56cpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumrpdejqhvj9ew'>nevent1q…j9ew</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Actually, maybe not.<br/><br/> <img src="https://relay.brightbolt.xyz/183e7e053371e1932eae333bb998777cea25a657f2e480d995a0ba11e93dff34.jpg"> <br/><br/>Now I am wondering if Wisp is decrypting my search relay list and using my relays or falling back to the default because it appears my list is empty. 2026-09-24T15:43:51Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqqqrnzhnuyhr5v2hhsgr3nh7ltfahsl4yu9247m3mr2ulshd56cpg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtxutpwf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqq8msegtq6z4sd6p0kvxyq0ve47syusnhyuskaq8zwfnjtv58egprfmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuat50phjummwv5hkjmnzdauq4z9mc0'>nevent1q…9mc0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I also have this problem, but I am assuming it is because my search relays were configured using Amethyst, so they are all encrypted in the &#34;content&#34; field of my kind 10007 event. 2026-09-24T15:38:02Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqqq97xn5avejctryr7kny0yg2rxy83wplf0perm0kr6jsj5r2tgpg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtkg52kc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq2qq8g2k985dyr5457jydvlpmu2gntlduys5xml8f7n3cx6zfgwcpypmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhkwmrewp5z6urjd9ek6d4q2zh'>nevent1q…q2zh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>New folks should honestly focus on replies and quote-posts that add value to the conversation. Most people don&#39;t read directly from relay feeds to see kind 1 notes from people they aren&#39;t already following. 2026-09-21T19:54:52Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqqqp2sv5scns4pggxx3unyz4nceh50k44eyz48z7za2dvq5ekkcpg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtux4vhp Christians, if you haven&#39;t done so recently, tell your pastor how much you appreciate what the Lord has done through him in your life.<br/><br/>Pastors tend to hear a lot more from agitators and critics than they do from those who love and appreciate them. You don&#39;t know just how many fiery darts are flung his way, and how much just a few kind words will encourage him to keep fighting the good fight. 2026-09-20T23:40:18Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqqq9rlzcp308qgzxc73a5pugjk7fy3mcf8mmja9pm0aftzfupcspg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xt7vx7y5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqq83wn4qkaj6xyhy78d6l652fdw524kuyhcnc4jlxzmcw64fqgpz4mhxue69uhks6tnwshxummnw3ezumrpdejq602hfv'>nevent1q…2hfv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Still living in infamy, helping devs keep their clients ignoring future-dated notes. 😂 2026-09-20T20:25:39Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqqqdkha5x0t39e8ufdm0gj6xvhz200t9h72etfzwtmdync3er9cpg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtq0f2vw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdjkcjzmj5jgfr2q3t0mg03wm3emv4jr4wtj9e63gqk38ghqepzcspz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7y0cfg2'>nevent1q…cfg2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>For seminary:<br/>Sydney Ahlstrom, &#34;A Religious History of the American People&#34;<br/>Joseph M. Canfield, &#34;The Incredible Scofield and His Book&#34;<br/><br/>Note: Despite the title, the latter work does not take a positive view of Scofield or his book.<br/><br/>For fun:<br/>Brandon Sanderson, &#34;The Way of Kings&#34; 2026-09-16T06:13:16Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqqqpsfulfauq56c6n6c3m4puaf6r3tuvk5aka2av8jgu4wqwu0cpg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtxrvp28 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst8tgyzr5jhdl7yhmzjtmgwzfmc5gde7c2czscgewatetj99s6wnspzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumrpdejq4g7p8w'>nevent1q…7p8w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yup. Now do fiat.<br/><br/>None of it works the way most people conceptualize it in their head. 2026-09-11T19:32:55Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqqqyyqy8exdy4cad36s3a8zcks8wkcyjj82pm64aegv0245n6dgpg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtz79wyf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqqv8sn9sna6lckcwvulgu0lj5rzll6ma0vjlp9sym9w6mwj5scprpmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuum0weexwm3wvdhju7npn8waf3'>nevent1q…waf3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Not unless the owner exposed it, or the user is using their cloud service which has to be exposed in order for them to access it, but in the latter case Alby keeps it updated to the latest version.<br/><br/>I run mine on my Start9 and there is no public access at all. Just within my network. That&#39;s the whole point of NWC. 2026-09-09T08:05:33Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqqq8mrzp55h6wd4dw3yd5kgmp2yttu0765hj8p2sgdep44m3saspg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtdcdnn7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqq0kdjf7wpy5fyjhk6ud60jlnlelqltfvm63kz84e5wg4f39acprpmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuum0weexwm3wvdhju7npggtw23'>nevent1q…tw23</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Looks like only versions more than a year old (August 2025) are affected, and even then only if they exposed the UI to the public internet, which is generally a bad idea anyway.<br/><br/> <img src="https://relay.brightbolt.xyz/041088ce51cedda3fce05aa99f5fae198e4795799e54cc88f2a0cd698544d0e1.jpg"> 2026-09-09T07:58:01Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqqqyzfhdm5wmpau0rr4k9zhna6qnm59ywy277gwqdlzsq5805ygpg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtkl6gj2 The self-delusion is strong.<br/><br/> <img src="https://relay.brightbolt.xyz/321438d23a71fa841c488b7c2d74b6197c418ed8287fe34a04270a21952c1f88.jpg"> 2026-09-06T00:59:57Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqqqvp3k6fhcznuf37yyz778el5rcd8c2vy4r4yek6zrx332a9jqpg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xth3faze In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqqrfj22wj8dlhzzahp7hk4j2739eh3ewdcuqu0a2f8jmrv3ywspzemhxue69uhkummnw3ex2mrfw3jhxtn0wfnj709un9y'>nevent1q…un9y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Really? I have yet to encounter any who think that ecclesiastical officers should have authority over matters of state, nor any that think civil magistrates should have authority over matters of church. Do you have some examples? 2026-09-04T21:27:54Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqqqt7nev6mw4dfd3pm07rncyq4djpaxzms68540ldvgddt4cvjgpg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtr7ax9x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfnqgdntwqscvylumechmerw5zygfeve77x3ggtjkcfu8xgu7e57cppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0rd4pzh'>nevent1q…4pzh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Have you read <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqs2ms205wk4jzzkmk9cpq2axelhc8n8xkksplvc4pksqta7n76ntcgpypmhxue69uhky6t5vdhkjmndv9uxjmtpd35hxarn9ehkumrfdejj7qf9waehxw309akkzum5dajx7m3wvdkx7aty9ashq6f0wccj7um5wfjkzmtfdenszyrhwden5te0dehjuum5wghxxu30d8sa3c" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qqs2ms205wk4jzzkmk9cpq2axelhc8n8xkksplvc4pksqta7n76ntcgpypmhxue69uhky6t5vdhkjmndv9uxjmtpd35hxarn9ehkumrfdejj7qf9waehxw309akkzum5dajx7m3wvdkx7aty9ashq6f0wccj7um5wfjkzmtfdenszyrhwden5te0dehjuum5wghxxu30d8sa3c</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…sa3c</span>)</a></span>&#39;s article on Christian Nationalism? He does not at all frame it in terms of trying to force people to be different than they are. He merely recognizes that the magistrate has been delegated the authority over the sword by God, and therefore the he should recognize where that authority came from, rather than pretend like he has no higher basis for its authority at all.<br/><br/>In fact, he explicitly recognizes that the state has no authority or ability to &#34;make people different.&#34;<br/><br/>We should always be careful we are interacting with opposing ideas in the way their proponents actually frame them, rather than erecting straw-men.<br/><br/>I am not a fan of the men he points to as leaders in the CN camp, and I am certainly less optimistic about how likely we are to move toward that kind of &#34;magistrate holding the sword while on his knees&#34; ideal this side of the parousia, but I cannot deny our duty to strive in that direction.<br/><br/>Moreover, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqs2ms205wk4jzzkmk9cpq2axelhc8n8xkksplvc4pksqta7n76ntcgpypmhxue69uhky6t5vdhkjmndv9uxjmtpd35hxarn9ehkumrfdejj7qf9waehxw309akkzum5dajx7m3wvdkx7aty9ashq6f0wccj7um5wfjkzmtfdenszyrhwden5te0dehjuum5wghxxu30d8sa3c" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qqs2ms205wk4jzzkmk9cpq2axelhc8n8xkksplvc4pksqta7n76ntcgpypmhxue69uhky6t5vdhkjmndv9uxjmtpd35hxarn9ehkumrfdejj7qf9waehxw309akkzum5dajx7m3wvdkx7aty9ashq6f0wccj7um5wfjkzmtfdenszyrhwden5te0dehjuum5wghxxu30d8sa3c</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…sa3c</span>)</a></span> explicitly says that this ideal will only come about via culture first being transformed by the preaching of the gospel. I certainly cannot fault that proposed pathway to reaching the ideal, even if it is never achieved in this life. 2026-09-04T16:15:55Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2vyyeamxkluxt4ml6pz9ue8t5mt9zpn93xsy67mpnc8s032pa2ucpg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtnsek5x A not-so-short note on spam and the outbox model: <br/> <br/>TL;DR: Even if spammers can’t write to your inbox relays, you will still see spam in the replies to other users’ notes in Nostr clients that have implemented the outbox model. <br/> <br/>Not so long ago, it used to be pretty easy to hide spam from view. Back then, Nostr clients only ever read from the relays that the user had set as their &#34;read relays.&#34; That meant a user could simply select relays that restricted who could post to them, such as WoT and paid relays, and remove any public relays from their read relays to have a spam-free Nostr experience. <br/> <br/>However, this resulted in users missing a lot of posts and replies from other legitimate users, because they weren&#39;t reading from the relays that those users were writing to. It also had a centralizing effect on relay selection, because you needed to be writing to one or more of a few popular relays to have any hope that people would see your posts, even if they were following you. You might write to a few other relays as well, but they acted primarily as a backup for your notes. <br/> <br/>In answer to this, the outbox model was developed, in the hopes of encouraging relay decentralization. Under this model, Nostr clients no longer just connect to the relays you have listed as &#34;read relays,&#34; now called &#34;inbox relays.&#34; Instead, they connect to relays that other users you are following have listed as their &#34;outbox&#34; or &#34;write relays&#34; in order to fetch their notes and populate your feed. This means all users can select a variety of relays and expect that their followers will still see their notes. There is no advantage to writing to popular relays, because Nostr clients will pull your notes from any relay listed in your “outbox” relay list, even a very small personal relay, to populate your followers’ feeds with your notes. <br/> <br/>The outbox model also inspired the creation of the additional relay list for “blocked relays” so that users could retain some level of control over what relays the client was connecting to. <br/> <br/>That’s all well and good for populating a user’s main feed, since the Nostr client is still only reading from relays that were selected by the user’s follows. But what about replies? If Alice posts a short text note, and Bob replies to her note, but Alice is not following Bob, how will she see that there is a reply? The answer is, assuming that Bob is using a Nostr client that has implemented the outbox model, his reply will be written not only to his own “outbox” or “write relays,” but also to Alice’s “inbox” or “read relays,” that way Alice will see the reply, despite the fact that she is not following Bob. <br/> <br/>This on it’s own does not result in a loophole for spammers, because Alice can still set inbox relays that don’t allow just anyone to write to them. As long as her Nostr client is ONLY looking for replies to her notes on her own inbox relays, and she has only selected relays that spammers can’t write to, then she will not see spam replies to her own notes. <br/> <br/>Here’s where the spam issue creeps back in again, though: What about Charlie, who follows Alice, and wants to see the replies to her latest note? What relays will Charlie’s Nostr client connect to in order to find those replies, assuming he is using a client that has implemented the outbox model? It won’t be his own inbox relays that he has selected himself, because there is no reason to expect that replies to Alice’s post will have been written to Charlie’s inbox relays. Rather, Charlie’s client will fetch replies to Alice’s post from her list of inbox relays. If Alice has selected quality relays that don’t let spammers write to them, then Charlie won’t see any spam replies. However, if Alice has any public relays in her list of inbox relays, then Charlie will see any spam replies that were sent to those relays, even though he has no public relays in his own relay list. <br/> <br/>So, you can still pretty easily control whether you see spam replies to your own notes, but it is very difficult to control whether you see spam replies to other users’ notes. Your primary recourse is to make liberal use of the “blocked relays” list to prevent your Nostr client from reading from relays that are known to house spam. <br/> <br/>There are a few issues with this approach, though. First, not all Nostr clients support the blocked relays list, so you will still see spam on those clients. Second, some clients encrypt the entries that are added to this list, and most other clients don’t support that encrypted data, even if they support blocked relays lists. Third, this becomes a game of whack-a-mole, where you have to keep adding more and more relays to the list when you discover they contain spam. <br/> <br/>Perhaps the better way forward for reducing spam is for clients to have their own spam mitigation features. Wisp and Dark Wisp have this in the form of the nspam filter, which often needs to be retrained to be able to identify the latest forms of spam. Other clients take a bit more straightforward approach by allowing users to hide any posts from anyone outside the user’s Web-of-Trust. The downside to this is it disadvantages new users who have not yet made it inside other users’ social graphs. Another option that could be used in conjunction with this, now that more clients offer the option of adding proof-of-work to your posts, is to hide any posts from anyone outside the user’s WoT, unless the post contains at least X amount of PoW, that the user can adjust to their preference. <br/> <br/>The downside to this is that the client would still be downloading the spam posts and just not displaying them to the user, which uses unnecessary bandwidth and likely cellular data for users on mobile phones. But as has often been said, there aren’t really any solutions; only trade-offs. 2026-09-03T01:46:02Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqqqwzylelw3dvjrt5jjrhdsp8tjwt5fc00z6w4dgxzwjamtt0nspg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xt40fx5r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9spw6dmvg8gxsyjmu83783890dzl0ka9t98y3v92psfctduwswlcpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtcdtp3u4'>nevent1q…p3u4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My man! That was a great read! 2026-09-03T03:25:24Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8kmn2z8sj63j7kn0x3cw0kwkgrv8363r5f0djflmqf7kj095p3wgpg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtdqvhy7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsze09x3jeyge4cwd98j669mspuahsvvuqhfcdcz5w0djf956w7mccpr4mhxue69uhhxurpw35kzttpwf3kzmnp9e3k7mf0d9hxymmc7lury5'>nevent1q…ury5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah, I think Amethyst is one of the worst clients about connecting to relays that you did not select in your relay list. I think it is going beyond what is expected in the outbox model.<br/><br/>When building your home feed, it should only be fetching top-level notes from your follows&#39; outbox relays.<br/><br/>When showing replies to your own notes, it should only be fetching from your own inbox relays.<br/><br/>When showing replies to other users&#39; notes, it should only be fetching them from that user&#39;s inbox relays.<br/><br/>However, as evidenced by all the various relay login requests I am constantly inundated with, I believe it is also fetching notes from the inbox and/or outbox relays of those who have replied to a top-level note, and maybe anyone tagged in those notes, too.<br/><br/>That means you WILL see spam if those users have not been on top of maintaining their relay lists. 2026-09-03T01:14:21Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqjysfewfnzs0273zykr9nc02rwu83xj9adpjufmrafc90pkke3qqpg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xt5qnljr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqqgav2m8rptw8j6zyerzdyaax825jtx7qrwd628emqnhrsd45gpr4mhxue69uhhxurpw35kzttpwf3kzmnp9e3k7mf0d9hxymmcptc6mx'>nevent1q…c6mx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Interesting. Do you have any relays blocked? 2026-09-03T00:48:43Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqqqr6tn9ax757qt3n3h8svze7d9x8n23uf7zy5kzwzgpqza5pwqpg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtz4y6mu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqq0pkk5qu4zz5rvfckksj74ksf8v2yqmluhuaeq9xpwn7heqdqpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj76hyka7'>nevent1q…yka7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yep, that&#39;s why. Jank.army is showing that the spam is on relay.primal.net, which I also have blocked on Amethyst. 2026-09-03T00:52:55Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspgc3lt3ll9dgek5vhpeqm7na02y2f7lws739tlsceyxuf6tn55uqpg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtuz7vk3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqqtqlrzxdls7m39uhqc8neh2smus0cuncnu7970cmlfm5uc67spr4mhxue69uhhxurpw35kzttpwf3kzmnp9e3k7mf0d9hxymmcwn0dcj'>nevent1q…0dcj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>On your own posts, or on the posts of other users? Do you see the spam replies that <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub176gqu66z4qax6ejcju2dujdvs6gecerys47eu9jtj5aul8r7jwwsnqq836" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub176gqu66z4qax6ejcju2dujdvs6gecerys47eu9jtj5aul8r7jwwsnqq836</span> (<span class="italic">npub176g…q836</span>)</a></span> mentioned on his post? 2026-09-03T00:32:43Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrxpr8gnxpu7pvzeyun2463zux0j2waxtgfmsvgvdcrthlw9l3wyspg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xt0v5mmf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqqwxn7cyh48lnx0qdvzvee3653cnvwkpnwgwjj2zc2ycumtt5spr4mhxue69uhhxurpw35kzttpwf3kzmnp9e3k7mf0d9hxymmc5ujmx4'>nevent1q…jmx4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There are quite a few spam replies to this note:<br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzpa5spe4592p6d4n939c5mey6ep53n3jxfptanctyh9fme7w8ayuaqy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qpq33c2t775x0jpqxwyp40hc6c6h6jrm2tqgp7kzv5m00ykjh3e3kqshmahf3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…ahf3</a></span><br/> </div> Greek food is delicious </blockquote><br/>When you view the replies, do you see them? 2026-09-03T00:44:24Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs879mz2zy548rwh2sp9jej7ack3atp3lh3hjj4cq2704gmwg447pqpg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xt6jdhuc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz0phzs7w8j0s39wj42qqzqukec660j8uwfp9x2g36sd3hx6lhuygpr4mhxue69uhhxurpw35kzttpwf3kzmnp9e3k7mf0d9hxymmc2chfa8'>nevent1q…hfa8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, I have mentioned exactly this previously. Amethyst assumes that all relay lists other than inbox/outbox (kind 10002) should be private lists, and therefore encrypted. However, this is the LEAST compatible with other Nostr clients, and users have no way to choose not to have those lists encrypted.<br/><br/>Nevertheless, ALL Nostr clients should expect that lists can contain encrypted content, and support reading that content if they support those lists. This is detailed in NIP-51 (Lists), which says, &#34;Lists can contain references to anything, and these references can be public or private... private items are specified in a JSON array that mimics the structure of the event tags array, but stringified and encrypted using the same scheme from NIP-44 (the shared key is computed using the author&#39;s public and private key) and stored in the .content.&#34; 2026-09-03T00:31:23Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqqqfq5xatnlfkyhjx3caf7rjtytz4x0kgkpgjwy3092nq3jnkqgpg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xttq5qur In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqqqag5s62gw0f89zeqhr7cam35807ccf47pzns9ljtcfqr9cxsppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0v2d80u'>nevent1q…d80u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Looks like it&#39;s just a single relay, but a popular public one. 2026-09-02T04:38:23Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxuq94j39vh0mc2ca22h4lj8mjrkaekqympsstncehfsmk8up4dnqpg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtnhsl6q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf3k8ju2ym69f5ge8jg7tlnfe8j9lk8fkad0xqqu0jsnpjvwja04gprpmhxue69uhhxurpw35kzttpwf3kzmnp9e3k7mf0x36aws'>nevent1q…6aws</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Looks like <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub176gqu66z4qax6ejcju2dujdvs6gecerys47eu9jtj5aul8r7jwwsnqq836" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub176gqu66z4qax6ejcju2dujdvs6gecerys47eu9jtj5aul8r7jwwsnqq836</span> (<span class="italic">npub176g…q836</span>)</a></span> is using Amethyst, so this is not going to be enough to resolve the problem on its own. Because of the way Amethyst has implemented the outbox model, it connects to relays that are not in the user&#39;s outbox or inbox relays in order to display replies. In my experience, it does this even though I have proxy relays set.<br/><br/>This being the case, I also encountered a lot of spam while using Amethyst, even though I have ZERO public relays in my inbox relays. The only solution I could really come up with that was effective was to add the relays where the spam was appearing to my blocked relay list.<br/><br/>My list of blocked relays is growing as I encounter spam on new relays, but here&#39;s what I have blocked so far:<br/><br/>relay.primal.net<br/>top.testrelay.top<br/>relay.ditto.pub<br/>nostr.bitcoiner.social<br/>nostr.oxtr.dev<br/>relay.dreamith.to<br/>bitcoiner.social<br/><br/>Now, the unfortunate thing is, Amethyst encrypts the entries on the blocked relays list, and many other clients don&#39;t read that encrypted content, so they will still connect to those relays. For instance, I am on jank.army right now and I see all the spam, even though it is on relays I have already blocked. This disregard for encrypted entries on lists is far too common. 2026-09-02T23:14:51Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqqqqnsm4vse0l6tzjwsvm4px8nj09zu6a5zq06zwatc50qdytxcpg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xth8gk3p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqqysuaqjdgk2jrxvalr6e02r0sww3eeaq0d3vwq9hmmgxs542gpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezumrpdejz7ypu08e'>nevent1q…u08e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Same question re: Amethyst. 2026-08-31T05:36:08Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqqqwz384fkwl0vq8pur4sk26k3mntgz05l3g6j3ldeset057hpspg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtmf2ply In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspxh6a0a3sttwsyy0x5cey6a7a2c9f73qqkzs6xnjrmgpgeg5jywcpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7aqrdwj'>nevent1q…rdwj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Won&#39;t get a chance today, and maybe not for a few days. My seminary term started this week and I am also guest speaking Friday evening and have to prep for that. 2026-09-01T18:22:10Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqqqv5u0l9w34gpt3jcpwkatpj43sg56zk5n94f8g0z9pfr74fcgpg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtkaxwlj So... When do we get to sell our duplicate coins on the Blake chain? 2026-08-31T05:17:09Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqqqysuaqjdgk2jrxvalr6e02r0sww3eeaq0d3vwq9hmmgxs542gpg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xt09yl92 So, is it just me or is it odd that Wisp/Dark Wisp allows you to add PoW to your notes, but doesn&#39;t allow you to filter out notes from users outside your WoT who haven&#39;t included PoW? 2026-08-31T05:31:24Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqqq9qd67ntl8nerr0vt6aydlzweaja0xmzswn6z25jnvtskn4qspg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtnaa584 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrswthwd655vqeemmqhvu59hznnes2cwhzwjwnuultrdrzgxtmafgppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0v8xs6c'>nevent1q…xs6c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Public relays in general are always a haven for spam, and Primal&#39;s public relay is one of the most popular, so it is always chalk full of it when these types of spam-attacks happen. 2026-08-30T20:52:12Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqqqgf35xwxff2rx5depl9tnus90elfyfugm5px0z32aukv7djdcpg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xteujh69 Keep an eye on this as it progresses. It&#39;s shaping up to be a powerful way to have P2P access to your digital library of movies and TV shows, and far easier to set up than Jellyfin.<br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsqxhylz4kxfdr0h3pa6lgukhfwnv4f7esq4qpwvtjmu54rsyve5xsppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qgsdwzmj9dnhdr9lrcavwalzzpamc3r6ja5gnx6530mffac69f4497qrqsqqqqqpvu04p8" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…04p8</a></span> </div> PearCinema v1.1.3 is out!<br/><br/>Your film and television collection, playable anywhere, without exposing your server to the internet.<br/><br/> New Features<br/><br/> • Choose what each person can see. On the People page, every person now has a "Can see" line: tick the drives or folders they may watch, to any depth, and everything else disappears for them. Tick nothing and they see everything, as before. Films they have already downloaded stay on their phone.<br/> <br/> • Decide it when you invite them, not after. Pairing a new device now asks what it will be able to see before it shows you a code, so a device can be limited from the moment it joins. Handing over the whole library asks you to confirm.<br/><br/> • The phone app works sideways, and on tablets. Turn it and the page fills the screen instead of staying a narrow column.<br/><br/> Improvements<br/><br/> • Films and TV shows with unusual filenames now get proper episode numbers. Anime numbered 01, 02, 03, files named only "E01", and several other naming styles were being filed with no episode number at all, so they could not be sorted or resumed. <br/> <br/> • Specials, OVAs and bonus episodes are now filed under "Specials" instead of sitting numberless, and creditless openings and disc menus no longer show up as episodes.<br/><br/> • Films that cannot be read are now named on the dashboard. Previously a damaged or half-copied file simply never appeared in the library, with nothing said anywhere.<br/><br/> • Converting on an NVIDIA graphics card now works with the drivers Linux Mint and Ubuntu ship. The bundled converter needed a newer driver than those systems offer.<br/><br/> • When the video engine test fails, the page now shows what each graphics option said, in plain words, instead of one unexplained error.<br/><br/> • A television waiting on its Media Assistant channel is now named in the phone's TV picker, with the one step needed to fix it.<br/><br/> • Changes to what somebody can see reach their phone in about a second, without needing to refresh.<br/><br/> Security<br/><br/> • The file holding this machine's private key for reaching other libraries is no longer readable by other users on the same computer. Reported by a user; it is tightened automatically the next time PearCinema starts.<br/><br/><a href="https://peerloomllc.com/pearcinema/">https://peerloomllc.com/pearcinema/</a><br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub10r8xl2njyepcw2zwv3a6dyufj4e4ajx86hz6v4ehu4gnpupxxp7stjt2p8" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Zapstore</span> (<span class="italic">npub10r8…t2p8</span>)</a></span><br/><br/>#PearCinema #P2P #selfhosted #video #movies #privacy #jellyfin #Android #iOS </blockquote> 2026-08-31T05:09:10Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqqq00l507j09kcw3lnrcqax76903p49whw2qthzp626ymv77eggpg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtlmcqeq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqpta235ywry99vd3vg39kcgv6lsvn3v9z4fn4eggk0ntf3zh4gppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0acnn3m'>nevent1q…nn3m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Doesn&#39;t seem to be working in Dark Wisp. I had the &#34;Spam replies&#34; filter on already and turned the WoT filter on as well, then recomputed my social graph for good measure. Still seeing this:<br/><br/> <img src="https://relay.brightbolt.net/9bc961971b33cf7361bb59a6d8bb95d75da02113d07c38195b8d733087f2e896.jpg"> 2026-08-30T16:38:31Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqqqvxs8p9daakq583s97xh2eknkm0xpd6eyksac5s0suepwrfmcpg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtxsfdvw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqrxj9gunxux3x5crc640n6dhz3yr6vcw27gm347p9lxtkjcgzcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0z8p8l2'>nevent1q…p8l2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Already did before posting. I thought that might be the issue, too. 2026-08-30T18:33:41Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqqqdnlevaunsgqhq8c0x46qm2l4xuezgj4henhgem7rk3d364tgpg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtwzt0qn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs85tamz9gl4ftvp4srthjxn6wlh5pl54r3lx68hlag32wy2acfvmqpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hswuc8tj'>nevent1q…c8tj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah, WoT client-side is definitely another effective tactic.<br/><br/>Outbox model somewhat requires that you connect to other users&#39; inbox relays to fetch replies to their notes, though. Unless, of course, you are making use of an aggregator relay that is pulling those replies for you.<br/><br/>When looking at replies to your own posts, your own inbox relays should be sufficient, but when looking for replies to someone else&#39;s note, there is no reason to expect that they will be available on your inbox relays, so outbox clients should be connecting to the OP&#39;s inbox relays to fetch those replies, unless you have added them to your blocked relays list. 2026-08-30T16:21:48Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqqq07gvj6v2u0pf5mw4qd3acn70n9kc0n5ht8uu7sszvphc22zcpg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtlrmn3w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyppkt6l6exn3pr6p3f77dd06cv4807m3nr790ap93zql5qry9susprpmhxue69uhhxurpw35kzttpwf3kzmnp9e3k7mf0r8czmz'>nevent1q…czmz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is all about relay setup here. 2026-08-30T15:02:06Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqqq847lgac43uxt9s35l70zzrrnnp2c0l8fllxr2p4xpxyyl4mspg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtnm2frc If you have a personal music library and want to be able to easily listen to it remotely, then give PearTune a try.<br/><br/>Just install the host app on the computer with your library (available for Umbrel, too), point it at your Music directory, then scan a QR code with the Pear Tune app on your phone, and you&#39;re done. No opening ports, no VPS and reverse proxy, and no need to use Tailscale or similar VPN. Just scan and you are connected P2P to your home computer&#39;s media library from anywhere.<br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqs2uk65u627jjzfca5t88q8tlxzn0tuvxwhuwc999el6fe784fnnpgpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hsygxhpdezkemk3jl3uwk8wl3pq7aug3afw6yfnd2gha557udz566jlqpsgqqqqqqsplj63n" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…j63n</a></span> </div> PearTune v1.0.6 is out!<br/><br/>Your music collection, playable anywhere, without exposing your server to the internet.<br/><br/>What's new:<br/> <br/> New Features<br/> - Like the song you're listening to straight from the player. The heart is on the player itself now, in both looks.<br/><br/> Improvements <br/> - The albums grid keeps loading as you scroll. No more "Load more" button.<br/> - Uses less memory while playing. The app now fetches music a little at a time instead of pulling a whole song ahead.<br/> <br/> Bug Fixes<br/> - Music now pauses when your Bluetooth car or headset disconnects, or when you unplug wired headphones, instead of sometimes carrying on through the phone's speaker.<br/> - Your queue no longer disappears after a pause. If the connection to your library drops while the phone is locked, the queue is kept and comes back as soon as the library is reachable again.<br/> - Tapping Shuffle on an artist now really shuffles from the first song, so the list no longer runs out after a few tracks.<br/> - WMA files from a Jellyfin library now play, the same as from a folder library. (Needs the updated library host.)<br/> - Music folders that use shortcuts or symbolic links are now included in your library. (Needs the updated library host.)<br/> - On a Mac, "Update now" works again. Note for Mac users already on 1.0.2 or 1.0.3: install this version by hand once, and updates will apply themselves from then on.<br/><br/><br/><a href="https://peerloomllc.com/peartune/">https://peerloomllc.com/peartune/</a><br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub10r8xl2njyepcw2zwv3a6dyufj4e4ajx86hz6v4ehu4gnpupxxp7stjt2p8" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Zapstore</span> (<span class="italic">npub10r8…t2p8</span>)</a></span><br/><br/>#PearTune #P2P #selfhosted #music #privacy #bitcoin #zapstore #Android #iOS </blockquote> 2026-08-30T15:08:19Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxnz06mppez3kvv2ssdz4r7hjzm4lnr30ym6hgr92a3t325nqvy7gpg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtunlpmx Race Realism and modern psychology make the very same error: They attribute moral failings to physiological conditions. <br/><br/>The result is also the same: They remove both hope of gospel-transformation and responsibility to repent, since no man can change his biology, and regeneration and sanctification are spiritual works on a man&#39;s soul, not on his body. 2026-08-26T20:26:42Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqqqv668qpsgt58mdmujk5feqx6vneerxzsvfnpw692zex6xs43spg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xt5wjvka In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2q2sw88qshgqu27ruemcehmnd6rhc9zf29t9rfpc45hxukcva3dqpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtcrmdfqc'>nevent1q…dfqc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;d debate you, but I have a feeling we are pretty aligned on this one.<br/><br/>All laws are an instantiation of SOMEONE&#39;S morality. The only true morality is God&#39;s. Therefore all laws should be an instantiation of God&#39;s moral law.<br/><br/>Christian magistrates will more closely apply God&#39;s law to the civil spere than non-Christians, all else being equal.<br/><br/>Nevertheless, we should not expect to achieve an ideal instantiation of God&#39;s moral law through any human magistrates, since all have remaining corruption, even in the best cases. Yet, this reality does not relieve us from the duty of pursuing the ideal.<br/><br/>No one should understand any of the above to mean that I would favor the establishment of any particular denomination as the official &#34;Church of the United States,&#34; nor that civil authority should be subject to ecclesiastical authority by means of church officers ruling over the civil government, nor that I think the state can or should compel faith in Christ. I do not hold to any of those more extreme views. 2026-08-29T07:30:29Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqqqvup4pctaaqpzc9s29qu9e3e7st9f9e0cvjkyt704uqvqczjcpg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xt8wrv94 Made a friend today at work:<br/><br/> <img src="https://relay.brightbolt.net/dae09668345b4dde986e225237bf7877ba1692808441df06f0149de59c76dd08.jpg"> 2026-08-24T21:30:29Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqqqzuc89x8qcq6l20md6rqw80a5t37zjkpme6ctaaevgsj0j4ugpg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtldvpz2 <blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqstsctjgvjq6mmk8h8nc5344kl9ggqf2tvtfz8rxev8rsj4ppdcmxcprdmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnc09az7q3qkun5628raxpm7usdkj62z2337hr77f3ryrg9cf0vjpyf4jvk9r9sxpqqqqny556w87t" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…w87t</a></span><br/> </div> Providentially governed circumstance and morally authoritative norm remain distinct categories. </blockquote><br/>Reformed folks should naturally understand this. We already know how to distinguish between God&#39;s descriptive and prescriptive wills.<br/><br/>How God has providentially ordered history must never be taken as warrant for establishing morally binding duties without explicit instruction in Scripture. 2026-08-25T21:25:19Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqqqphr7u4jh04esd5qnlg62sf8yyf262h3y83e8dfpy568lqx7spg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xt0yf47r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqpuk963z2d6tue39a95hhfcw8qhjm3p0cx2u0az34yumkzxnecpzemhxue69uhkummnw3ex2mrfw3jhxtn0wfnj7ytpmne'>nevent1q…pmne</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Dunson is definitely more readily digestible. Tomes took some work to translate into something I could wrap my mind around, but the substance was worth the effort in my estimation. 2026-08-23T20:38:00Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqqqravg8du300nv3q0qgny6e9pjf0yyr8qmejnz7tuvh7xd86pgpg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtrrjvmd If any small collection of entities can delete your voice it was never yours.<br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsfxtnpmh2fx5d4ced06x04sxl4turt54d9u6kwj7k7uz082dpk8xgpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7q3qlrjgpa9m2dl6esdah5pq7m005ymwh4glq4aet76q2zlz2f83esfsxpqqqqqqz4r0jpp" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…0jpp</a></span> </div> If one company can delete your voice it was never yours. </blockquote> 2026-08-24T05:11:19Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9kxs3rcnftxmwuzyrpwmpdp823sqk5rh5fsxalxwvyecgkp33sjqpg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtm65x8f Where do I find the new highlight feature in #Amethyst?<br/><br/>This is what I get when I long press in a long-form note:<br/><br/> <img src="https://relay.brightbolt.net/0ccf5f63eac3ce0fef21497135048a58f7dfa9e666932ede4b00564b5a7bec2b.jpg"> <br/><br/>And this is what I get when I select text in the built-in web browser:<br/><br/> <img src="https://relay.brightbolt.net/0a6c8df1d3fbb6e3d880a2d7d1e5dca62cb9e02063376405791603e77594af6f.jpg"> <br/><br/>These are the areas I would have expected to find the option to create a highlight. 2026-08-22T21:41:00Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2rzs524cgnnhp4w69vgl68jg3rpjx820mahzq87wgynh5j583y5spg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtcyuc00 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz5glhsgfl2ejag35r29ylmqvvsgc87qcqt8asyrcnk3m0xnef6qcpr9mhxue69uhhwmm59e38y6t8dp6xymmvwsh8s7t69ufeykzq'>nevent1q…ykzq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Not a bad idea. It&#39;s pretty short and sweet by comparison. 2026-08-23T04:12:02Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8wkjqc7s4dcfv9639kmxnqxj7mjvsd7vspnxsycvn42ayku0jrjqpg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtvt03qk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrf502v4cy7ayww76pk73h6phpdtaaggursle8ta7qjneza3e96tspr9mhxue69uhhwmm59e38y6t8dp6xymmvwsh8s7t69udsq7fv'>nevent1q…q7fv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqswm2tvhyawehtp4hsvr7wjhl0etfl8dncu4zvzpsuwdexw54wqcpgpzemhxue69uhkummnw3ex2mrfw3jhxtn0wfnj7qghwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhrq7rrdpshgtnrdakj7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcwz3xxg" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>freeborn | ἐλεύθερος | 8r0gwg</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…3xxg</span>)</a></span> , I would be interested in your take on it, but don&#39;t feel obligated. It&#39;s nearly 10,000 words. 2026-08-22T05:13:36Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9rs73mf5gsw66xgnpj4e0dfp3fcwfwhagyjx7374k2pumg66s5fspg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtlypy9d #Boris is looking really good on a tablet <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqsxu35yyt0mwjjh8pcz4zprhxegz69t4wr9t74vk6zne58wzh0waycpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7qgewaehxw309ac8yetdd96k6tnswf5k6ctv9ehx2ap0qy2hwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytn00p68ytnyv4mz7xx9ccm" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Gigi</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…9ccm</span>)</a></span>.<br/><br/> <img src="https://relay.brightbolt.net/421363287ff01f4ccc0591daeb8b9838b44a75a62ecf2fcc88c868cbcc64fcc4.jpg"> 2026-08-22T21:23:12Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8jw4pdt3d5xpnwpf3wukh05uz67x9krh6xaau4s7th2e5aca38vspg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtg6ewhs I apologize for the highlight spam tonight. Trying out Boris with a particularly good, and long, article on the errors and legitimate concerns of Kinism.<br/><br/>I am 85% of the way through. Hang in there, and I hope you have a client that allows you to filter your feed by note kind. If not, you should. 2026-08-22T01:34:38Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrf502v4cy7ayww76pk73h6phpdtaaggursle8ta7qjneza3e96tspg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtkxzq5g This was easily the best article I have read on the subject of #Kinism to date. Tomes does a fantastic job of acknowledging its legitimate concerns and placing them within their proper context, while also criticizing its excesses and where it goes astray, lacking a more robust moral and theological framework.<br/><br/>It&#39;s a long read, but well worth the time spent, because it has application outside of the Kinist controversy, too.<br/><br/><a href="https://postnuance.substack.com/p/after-kinism">https://postnuance.substack.com/p/after-kinism</a> 2026-08-22T03:39:52Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqst736ljjtf929883492ujpepsvauum6tjcckpk2tc92kr8xe84j9cpg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtkp2x42 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdz3ax8m6jn75c6duuaqau24s4nuyktyez4cslrd7vj07kkv5erecpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezumrpdejz775ng04'>nevent1q…ng04</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Start Tunnel is not in StartOS v.0.4.0, strictly speaking. It is separate software that you install on a VPS, and StartOS natively communicates with it, so you can create Wireguard tunnels to access your apps, even over clearnet, through your VPS&#39;s public IP, instead of your home IP. 2026-08-13T21:13:32Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxnvetq5t94mnas68c2v9skazctg8xz0a784k7nyetx5q8yx2xuyspg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtr343se In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2t3ggspsg3ypkhedfygxpdqh4mgyf0ypvtqgdq0ay0mt8cwx7nvqpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtcj4hh5y'>nevent1q…hh5y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There&#39;s a couple roads near me tjat the speed limit is way too slow for no good reason and cops are constantly pulling people over who didn&#39;t notice they were speeding. So I just turn on the cruise control. Ain&#39;t woth it. 2026-08-16T01:10:30Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspdltv0xkjxqxscs4hpxgx2jtenyxaky4nq6svevwhyalryzc345gpg9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnjd9nksarzdak8gtnwv46z7am9vg4kummnw3er5un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmswf5hvct5v5pzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtwwy7l0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrgld8hycstzez2hq2lj24q9q6sa9c7dpevjatj73wgywn02gguwcpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtcjf6eu6'>nevent1q…6eu6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Most of the people screaming, &#34;I&#39;m being censored!&#34; Don&#39;t understand how Nostr works and why that claim is nonsense.<br/><br/>I&#39;ll just leave this here:<br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtqy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qpdf9ej6nn0wd68yt2pvd682ctvd3uj6sm9deek7unndp5hqt2jv4ekjum5v9h8gtf4vfk82dekhep9j4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">naddr1qv…p9j4</a></span> </div> <p>I have seen a lot of &#34;#Nostr isn&#39;t actually censorship resistant&#34; posts lately. It&#39;s nothing new. There has always been a bit of it in the past in various forms, and it is generally those same forms that are still repeated:</p> <blockquote> <p>&#34;Nostr isn&#39;t censorship resistant, because my posts are all hidden on Primal.&#34;</p> <p>&#34;...because Amethyst covers my posts with a warning for users whose follows have reported me too many times.&#34;</p> <p>&#34;...because the feds could raid the 5 relays you are using and your posts would all disappear.&#34;</p> <p>&#34;...because relays can blacklist you so you can&#39;t post to them anymore.&#34;</p> <p>&#34;...because Web-of-Trust keeps new users&#39; posts from being seen by anyone.&#34;</p> </blockquote> <p>Every one of these supposed evidences that Nostr isn&#39;t actually censorship resistant demonstrates ignorance about what that really means, and how it works on Nostr as compared with centralized, legacy social media, or even other attempts at decentralization, like Mastodon.</p> <h2 id="the-censorship-status-quo-5">The Censorship Status Quo</h2> <p>If your account gets banned on Facebook, that&#39;s it, you&#39;re done. You have to start over and hope you can get everyone who was following your old account to follow your new one. If your post on X gets taken down for violating &#34;community standards,&#34; there is no third party X client where it will still be visible to people. If you get shadow banned on TikTok so that the algorithm never surfaces your content, there is no alternative app you can point your followers to where they can choose a different algorithm that will show them your videos again.</p> <p>These platforms are silos where a single company controls the client applications and/or web interfaces, the user data stored on their servers, who can create an account, and how their posts will be (or won&#39;t be) shown to other users. If they take censorious actions against you as a user, your only recourse is to beg them to reverse it, and if they refuse then you are out of luck. That, my friends, is <strong><em>actual</em></strong> censorship, since the unilateral actions of <strong><em>one controlling entity</em></strong> can prevent your speech from being seen by any and all users of that platform.</p> <p>Even on Mastodon, if you anger the admin of your home instance, they can ban you and you have to start over with a new identity. Your previous social graph <strong><em>does not go with you</em></strong>. A deletion request is also sent to other instances, and most of them will comply with it by deleting your posts. So, even though the ability to censor is spread between various instances, it is trivial for a single entity to effectively censor you if you get on their bad side.</p> <p>On Nostr, all of these censorship vectors are mitigated, if not outright eliminated. Censorship resistance means that more individuals or entities would need to collude with one another to effectively keep a user&#39;s speech from being seen by most or all other users. Let&#39;s see how that works in practice by looking at some of the specific claims that Nostr is not actually censorship resistant.</p> <h2 id="censorship-by-nostr-client-devs-5">Censorship by Nostr Client Devs</h2> <blockquote> <p>&#34;Nostr isn&#39;t actually censorship resistant, because my posts are all hidden on Primal.&#34;</p> </blockquote> <p>One client may decide to completely hide the posts made by a particular npub. There is no system I can imagine where this level of censorship cannot take place. If you rely on a piece of software created by someone else in order to see content from other users, the developer of that software will <strong><em>always</em></strong> have the ability to hide posts they don&#39;t want you to see for one reason or another. Nostr is not censorship resistant because it can somehow prevent software developers from hiding the posts of users they don&#39;t like. There is no way to prevent that while maintaining a fixed public key as your identity so that other users can reliably follow your posts.</p> <p>If every post you made was from a new public key, then it really <strong><em>would</em></strong> be impossible to target you specifically for censorship, and some Nostr clients can do exactly that with an &#34;anon mode&#34; toggle, such as Coracle or Anonostr, but that also precludes you from building a following, since no one knows what public key you will be posting from next, and as soon as there is a way to determine what key you will be posting from, client developers will also have a way to hide your posts again.</p> <p>Nostr&#39;s censorship resistance in this situation is owing to the fact that if one client hides your posts, they are still visible on <strong><em>every other Nostr client</em></strong> without any action required on your part. Your posts are not censored to the same degree as they would have been on a centralized platform, since one client developer&#39;s actions do not result in your speech being hidden from most or all Nostr users. Your speech is being suppressed, but that suppression is nowhere near as effective as it would be if one entity controlled all of Nostr. Thus, Nostr is more resistant to that suppression of your speech than would have been the case elsewhere.</p> <p>This fact also tends to keep clients from getting ban-happy and censoring absolutely every npub that has said something unkind about them. There&#39;s really no point in doing so, since those users&#39; notes will still be visible on every other Nostr client. Therefore, the only npubs that tend to get censored are those that the client devs believe will negatively impact the experience of their users. They may be wrong in that assessment, but <strong><em>they have the right to make it</em></strong>, and if you don&#39;t like it, the answer is quite simple: Use a different client, and encourage your followers to do the same if they aren&#39;t already. As you do, don&#39;t forget to note that this option in itself would <strong><em>never</em></strong> be available to you on centralized social media platforms. Your account would be completely useless and you would have to start over from scratch.</p> <h2 id="censorship-by-user-reports-5">Censorship by User Reports</h2> <blockquote> <p>&#34;Nostr isn&#39;t actually censorship resistant, because Amethyst covers my posts with a warning for users whose follows have reported me too many times.&#34;</p> </blockquote> <p>What was said above about a single client hiding a particular user&#39;s posts from other users is equally applicable here. Though you might be able to call it a form of censorship by speech suppression, it is not at all censorship to the degree that centralized platforms are capable of, since it only applies to those who use that particular client, and users of other clients will still see your posts without the need for you to take any action.</p> <p>In this particular example, though, what is being called censorship is not really censorship at all. The client developer is not targeting the speech of any user or group of users for suppression whatsoever. The posts that are covered with a warning, and whether any posts get covered at all, is determined entirely by the users themselves, and it is different for each individual user based on who they are following and who those follows have reported. That&#39;s <strong><em>not</em></strong> censorship. That&#39;s user-controlled feed <strong><em>curation</em></strong> with a sensible default that can be adjusted to the user&#39;s preference.</p> <p>It might be legitimate to classify it as censorship if the user wasn&#39;t aware that any post had been hidden. For the user to reasonably be considered in control of what posts they see, they must be <strong><em>aware</em></strong> that there are posts that are not being shown to them. In this case, the client <strong><em>does</em></strong> show the user a warning message in the place of the hidden note, with an explanation of why it was hidden, and the user can <strong><em>immediately choose to show it anyway</em></strong> if they prefer. In no sense can this be reasonably characterized as censorship.</p> <h2 id="censorship-by-state-actors-5">Censorship by State Actors</h2> <blockquote> <p>&#34;Nostr isn&#39;t actually censorship resistant, because the feds could raid the 5 relays you are using and your posts would all disappear.&#34;</p> </blockquote> <p>There are many ways in which this example of Nostr&#39;s supposed lack of censorship resistance is just silly. Nevertheless, I wanted to include it not only because I have actually encountered it in the wild, but because it provides an opportunity to discuss ways that users can proactively prevent themselves from being censored, even in this extremely hypothetical instance.</p> <p>First, if the feds, or some other interested party, decided that the best way to keep your speech from being seen on Nostr was to physically raid the relays you set on your relay list and take them offline, it is unlikely that this would make your posts &#34;disappear&#34; from Nostr entirely. First of all, there are various other relays that aggregate notes from known relays, and your notes would almost certainly be available on some of them. Any users reading from those aggregators would still see your previous notes.</p> <p>Second, you can post your notes to <strong><em>more relays than you are advertising</em></strong> in your relay list. Several clients give you this option natively, such as Nostur and Nostrudel. You can also set a blastr relay, like wss://filter.nostr.wine, as one of your write relays, and every time you post a new note, it will be sent to several additional relays that are not advertised in your relay list. That way, if all of your preferred relays go down for any reason, fed raid or otherwise, all you need to do is publish a new relay list that includes a few of the relays where your notes were blasted, and you are back in business like nothing ever happened.</p> <p>Third, you can keep a <strong><em>private backup</em></strong> of your notes and easily broadcast them to more relays any time you want, using tools like NostrSync or Archivestr. You can even do this on a regular basis, if you don&#39;t want to set up a blastr relay. None of this requires any special hardware. Just go to one of these tools&#39; websites, create an archive of your notes pulled from the relays you are currently writing to, and then broadcast it out to several additional relays. Then make note of which relays you broadcasted to, so you can switch to them in the event your current relays are no longer online.</p> <p>If you <strong><em>really</em></strong> are concerned that a government entity would be so threatened by your speech that they would resort to raiding the servers hosting your notes, then I hope you have really solid op-sec, because the most effective way to shut down your speech is to find <strong><em>you</em></strong>, not the relays you write to. Aside from that, it is also a good idea to select relays that are not located in the same jurisdiction. Choose relays that are in different countries, and even better if those countries are not always cooperative with one another.</p> <h2 id="censorship-by-relay-operators-5">Censorship by Relay Operators</h2> <blockquote> <p>&#34;Nostr isn&#39;t actually censorship resistant, because relays can blacklist you so you can&#39;t post to them anymore.&#34;</p> </blockquote> <p>This is very similar to the contention that a particular Nostr client can hide your posts from their users. Yes, a particular relay operator <strong><em>can</em></strong> prevent you from posting to their relay. That&#39;s not censorship, though. It is <strong><em>their relay</em></strong> to do with as they please. After all, you are not being censored because there are relays that only allow people who have paid the operator to post to them, are you? You are not being censored because some relays only allow those within a certain social group to post to them, are you? No. You can still use any number of public relays that allow anyone to post to them. If they choose to ban you, then you can just switch to using different ones. There are nearly 1,500 known relays to choose from that you can peruse at Nostr.Watch, so one relay, or even a sizable percentage of relays, banning you has absolutely <strong><em>no impact</em></strong> on whether your notes will be seen. Just update your relay list to some relays that haven&#39;t banned you and keep on posting.</p> <p>This is why Nostr does not use home instances or home servers like Mastodon. That makes you beholden to <strong><em>one particular server admin</em></strong> who has the power to unilaterally ban you. Relay operators can&#39;t do that, because your identity is not intrinsically tied to a particular relay.</p> <p>Better yet, if you are really convinced that a majority of relay operators would be <strong><em>so offended</em></strong> by what you have to say that they would <strong><em>all</em></strong> ban you, you can run your own relay. Yes, this requires a bit of technical know-how, but that is part of the cost of being nearly universally offensive online. Moreover, there are tools like Nostr Relay Tray that make it incredibly easy to run a personal relay that others can read from via clearnet without exposing your home IP.</p> <h2 id="censorship-via-web-of-trust-filters-5">Censorship Via Web-of-Trust Filters</h2> <blockquote> <p>&#34;Nostr isn&#39;t actually censorship resistant, because Web-of-Trust keeps new users&#39; posts from being seen by anyone.&#34;</p> </blockquote> <p>I am sympathetic to this argument, because while Web-of-Trust (WoT) is very effective at keeping spam from showing up in my feed, it also can keep posts from legitimate new users from showing up until they have managed to get a few followers. Depending on how reliant the bulk of Nostr users are on WoT to curate their feeds and their replies, it could make it incredibly difficult for new users to gain any traction, leaving them feeling like they are shouting into the void, until they finally leave because the only response they got back was from a bunch of bots.</p> <p>That said, I am not aware of any WoT filters that are turned on by default. The end user has to <strong><em>manually</em></strong> opt-into using WoT to curate what they see. This takes WoT definitively out of the category of censorship, since it is not imposed by any client upon their users, but is entirely an optional means for users themselves to decide what content they want to see.</p> <p>There are two main ways that WoT can be implemented for the purpose of limiting what posts a user sees in their feed. The first is by a Nostr client that shows posts or replies only from within the user&#39;s WoT. If I recall correctly, this was originally used by Coracle and Primal to <strong><em>expand</em></strong> the number of notes that users would see in their feed, rather than reduce them, because the default feeds only showed notes from a user&#39;s follows, but WoT allowed notes to be displayed from within a user&#39;s &#34;network.&#34; Coracle iterated on this to develop client-side WoT scores that were unique to each user&#39;s view, and they could limit the feed and replies to only display notes from users who met a minimum WoT score set by the user. Jumble implemented the ability to filter based on WoT just for replies, since that is where the most obnoxious spam typically occurs, leaving no filtering on original posts. But all of these filters, regardless of client, have been <strong><em>opt-in only</em></strong>, leaving it in the user&#39;s hands to determine whether to take advantage of the feature.</p> <p>The second way Web-of-Trust has commonly been implemented is by relays. In this case, a relay can be set up with a whitelist of users who are permitted to post to it based on the relay owner&#39;s Web-of-Trust. This relay type was particularly popular before clients were fetching notes directly from the relays in a user&#39;s follows&#39; relay lists in what is known as the outbox model. Back then, Nostr clients would only read notes from the specific relays the user listed as &#34;read&#34; relays, so they could easily reduce spam by only reading from paid relays and WoT relays. That doesn&#39;t apply so much today, but even if it did, the choice to use a WoT relay is one made by each individual user. It is not imposed upon users, and therefore it cannot be legitimately classified as censorship.</p> <h2 id="conclusion-5">Conclusion</h2> <p>In summary, many of the supposed examples of censorship still being possible on Nostr don&#39;t really count as censorship at all, because they are not examples of some authority like a client developer targeting specific posts, users, or topics they don&#39;t like and hiding them from their users without their knowledge and without any simple recourse. Most are actually 100% in the control of users themselves to determine what they do and do not see in their feeds. These tools are <strong><em>absolutely essential</em></strong> for users to have at their disposal, and we need to see <strong><em>more</em></strong> such tools implemented in other clients, so that users have the ability to curate their experience in accord with their own preferences.</p> <p>Those ways that actual suppression of speech is still possible on Nostr are greatly mitigated by the flexibility users have to choose between a wide variety of different clients and relays. If one client censors you, it doesn&#39;t really matter so long as there are still a number of other popular clients where your notes can still be seen. Yes, this means that some level of censorship <strong><em>can occur</em></strong> and <strong><em>is occurring</em></strong> on Nostr, but it is far less effective than it would be on any centralized platform. This severe reduction in the effectiveness of any effort at censorship is all that is meant when we say that Nostr is censorship resistant. 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