submitted 1 month ago by Cooper8@feddit.online to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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I have seen some critical views on Nostr as a part of decentralized network discussions, but most seem to be focused on culture not function.

What are the functional / protocol differences that make you prefer ActivityPub over Nostr?

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[-] flamingos@feddit.uk 0 points 1 month ago

of numbers instead of human-readable names

TBF, they have introduced a 'verified' system that lets you use human readable names.

[-] silverpill@mitra.social 1 points 1 month ago

ActivityPub has Note and Follow, Nostr has 1 and 3.

[-] flamingos@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago

Wow, that's bad. I would hate working with this so much.

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