Gitstr: Send and receive Git patches over Nostr

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Post by jgilias » Tue, Jan 30, 2024, 7:34 PM UTC

Gitstr: Send and receive Git patches over Nostr
github.com

Re: Gitstr: Send and receive Git patches over Nostr

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Post by jgilias » Tue, Jan 30, 2024, 7:35 PM UTC

This is not a ShowHN, as I’m not the author. I just find the concept really cool!

Re: Gitstr: Send and receive Git patches over Nostr

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Post by Karellen » Tue, Jan 30, 2024, 8:51 PM UTC

> Nostr is a decentralized network protocol for a distributed social networking system. [...] It was designed with goals of censorship-resistance in mind.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostr

(Because the linked page doesn't describe/link to a description either, AFAICT)

Re: Gitstr: Send and receive Git patches over Nostr

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Post by kevinak » Tue, Jan 30, 2024, 9:05 PM UTC

This is dope! Very cool to see more Nostr applications that aren't just Twitter clones.

Re: Gitstr: Send and receive Git patches over Nostr

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Post by RIMR » Tue, Jan 30, 2024, 9:12 PM UTC

Nostr really feels to me like the blockchain: An incredible novel solution desperately in search of a problem to solve.

The engineering behind this is neat, but I have no idea why this is useful.

Re: Gitstr: Send and receive Git patches over Nostr

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Post by pjfin123 » Tue, Jan 30, 2024, 9:20 PM UTC

RIMR wrote: post #5

Nostr really feels to me like the blockchain: An incredible novel solution desperately in search of a problem to solve. The engineering behind this is neat, but I have no idea why this is useful.

Nostr is the only payment network I've ever used that lets you send payments of less than $0.10.

Re: Gitstr: Send and receive Git patches over Nostr

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Post by gkbrk » Tue, Jan 30, 2024, 9:27 PM UTC

pjfin123 wrote: post #6

RIMR wrote: post #5

Nostr really feels to me like the blockchain: An incredible novel solution desperately in search of a problem to solve. The engineering behind this is neat, but I have no idea why this is useful.

Nostr is the only payment network I've ever used that lets you send payments of less than $0.10.

Nostr is not a payment network. You probably used Lightning instead.

Re: Gitstr: Send and receive Git patches over Nostr

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Post by RIMR » Tue, Jan 30, 2024, 10:05 PM UTC

pjfin123 wrote: post #6

RIMR wrote: post #5

Nostr really feels to me like the blockchain: An incredible novel solution desperately in search of a problem to solve. The engineering behind this is neat, but I have no idea why this is useful.

Nostr is the only payment network I've ever used that lets you send payments of less than $0.10.

Nostr really feels to me like the blockchain: Nobody that advocates for it understands what it is or how it works.

Re: Gitstr: Send and receive Git patches over Nostr

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Post by RIMR » Tue, Jan 30, 2024, 10:07 PM UTC

gkbrk wrote: post #7

pjfin123 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nostr is the only payment network I've ever used that lets you send payments of less than $0.10.

Nostr is not a payment network. You probably used Lightning instead.

Bitcoiner "understand what you advocate for" challenge (impossible).

Re: Gitstr: Send and receive Git patches over Nostr

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Post by ecf » Tue, Jan 30, 2024, 10:12 PM UTC

RIMR wrote: post #5

Nostr really feels to me like the blockchain: An incredible novel solution desperately in search of a problem to solve. The engineering behind this is neat, but I have no idea why this is useful.

Nostr is everything that fediverse social networks claim to be, but aren’t.

I was shocked to find out that the Lemmy instance I signed up on was blocking dozens upon dozens of other instances, which defeats the entire purpose of a federated network.