Dnstr just assumes that Nostr doesn't have a discovery or centralization problem and go on to use relays anyways.
Pkarr is trying to solve the problems Nostr chooses not to engage with, so it is built on an overlay network that actually engages with these problems.
The gold standard of decentralizing Nostr is the gossip protocol, and even the author of that protocol said ultimately it needs a DHT, and without that it is only fit for the social media use case with following and followers and live conversations carrying these signals.
Pkarr is here for the base case of the Internet, it is trying to do what DNS is already doing perfectly, just decentralize the Root servers.
Dnstr is just answering the question "how can I use nostr to solve X"
Pkarr asked the question "what is objectively the most censorship resistant network to use as a decentralized root server" and built the answer.
But I am aware of the tribalism of devs, so I won't be debating or trying to convince anyone to use anything. Whoever needs Pkarr will use, I am here just to build it.
Nuh 🔻
npub1jvx…7yqz
2023-09-10 14:44:57
in reply to nevent1q…ftcy
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npub1jvxvaufrwtwj79s90n79fuxmm9pntk94rd8zwderdvqv4dcclnvs9s7yqzPublished at
2023-09-10 14:44:57Event JSON
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