I get that Alexandria isn’t working on video, but the model is still highly relevant if nostr wants to improve on YouTube rather than just replicate it.
Today video on Nostr via Blossom is effectively “download a big file and play it”, which works but has real performance and UX limits compared to modern streaming. An Alexandria-style indexing layer could describe verifiable sections, chapters, and highlights, or even reference streaming segments, without touching transport.
That enables things YouTube doesn’t do well: signed, shareable clips without re-uploading, first class chapters, and protocol level integration with streaming/torrenting so clients fetch only what they need. It also turns highlights into durable objects that can be linked, quoted, and embedded across apps.
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2026-01-24 21:53:22 GMT
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