Thread - Nostr Hypermedia

Can somone explain how a direct P2P connection like say I2P is not censorship resistant since it also focuses on privacy? I think this is more of a misunderstanding between a want to be social and a want for secrecy. Nostr isn't private because you are literally attaching a public/private key pair to every transmission. Censorability is about centralization versus decentralization. It is not inherent to privacy that you centralize your protocol.

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PlasmaGuardian 1 year ago

A direct P2P connection over the internet is not private, as both ISPs can see who you're connecting to. P2P over an overlay network like Tor or I2P is better, but still not perfect:

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I think many of those same points apply to I2P?

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SLCW slcw@rocky.nostr1.com 1 year ago

When you say, "focuses on privacy", I think you have to define what you mean by "privacy". It's become a bit of an ambiguous buzzword that means many different things to many different people.

JackTheMimic 1 year ago

By "Focuses on privacy" I mean I2P is anonymous by default. Unless you reveal yourself, all traffic is encrypted and your IP is hidden.

JackTheMimic 1 year ago

None of those points really apply to I2P. -Non persistant tunnels as opposed to persistent TOR circuits -The inproxy/outproxy model at minimum doubles the amount of "nodes" that would need to be captured for "unmasking" even then it is packet switched. -IRC routed through I2P is absolutely not like a TOR proxy.