For anyone looking for a comparison to TOR, as far as I understand it:
Itβs comparable to the TOR hidden services that can be reached by onion addresses. Here we have the nostr npub to address a service.
Since both entry and exit node only connect to relays, they are the only part that needs to be publicly reachable. Services can run behind firewalls on machines that are not reachable from the outside.
But itβs not like TOR in term of being an anonymous browsing tool for any website. Itβs (currently) only for exposing a single service in a censorship resistant way.
Hey @florian - just a quick follow-up
In TOR - both user & server need to opt-in right? I guess just user opt-in also works π€
In NWS - only server need to opt-in and clients can directly hit them right? Or is the client opt-in required?
At the end bitcoiners will end up laying down intercontinental internet submarine cables, satellite systems and what not. Internet is centralized from the infrastructure layer and Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft and the likes will use their power to surveil, censor and abstract more power.