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@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ The simplest open protocol that is able to create a censorship-resistant global
It doesn't rely on any trusted central server, hence it is resilient; it is based on cryptographic keys and signatures, so it is tamperproof; it does not rely on P2P techniques, and therefore it works.
The initial description of the idea can be found at https://fiatjaf.com/nostr.html.
There are multiple websites, articles and video explanations about Nostr around the internet. You can find some of them linked from https://nostr.com/, https://njump.me/ or https://nostr.how.
The initial description of the idea can be found at https://fiatjaf.com/nostr.html. A less dry presentation of the idea can be found in [this video from Uncle Bob](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaxXvcr181c).
## How it works
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Relays can also lie about data published by others, but to ensure that isn't a problem, public-key cryptography is used and every note is signed. When you follow someone you're actually following their public key and clients will check notes received from relays to ensure they were properly signed.
The hardest part is how to find in which relay you will find notes of each people you follow, since they can be anywhere, but it's not an unsolvable problem. There are multiple heuristics currently being used to approach this by different clients and new ones can always be added.
The hardest part is how to find in which relay you will find notes of each people you follow, since they can be anywhere. There are multiple heuristics currently being used to approach this issue. An animated description of one possible flow can be seen at https://how-nostr-works.pages.dev/#/outbox.
## Protocol specification
See the [NIPs](https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips) and especially [NIP-01](https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/01.md) for a reasonably-detailed explanation of the protocol spec, it's very small.
## Getting started
There are many ways to get started using Nostr, but one simple and recommended way is to visit https://start.njump.me/ and go from there.
## Software
A list of mostly-ready to use apps is kept at https://nostrapps.com/.