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		makeworld on Dec 31, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fiatjaf/nostr – a censorship-resistant alternative... If ed25519 was used instead of secp256k1, wouldn't pubkeys be shorter? Like SSB.

swalsh on Dec 31, 2021 [–]

One of the neat things about the way they've done it, is you can use a bitcoin wallet to connect: https://twitter.com/Bumi/status/1476957006653276170

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