Users do not own their data on nostr. The relays do.
Nostr has never been about “data ownership” or “user respect”. It’s simply a gossip network designed to spread data as far and wide as possible (for an unknown amount of time)
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tekne / τέχνη
npub12a…rrdyd
2026-06-07 20:08:47 UTC
Author Public Key
npub12a77qmwwzc9qx7gk8f9m0d5qhclq5rsudr0xu6agcqgnfdzqvnwsfrrdydPublished at
2026-06-07 20:08:47 UTCEvent JSON
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"content": "Users do not own their data on nostr. The relays do. \n\nNostr has never been about “data ownership” or “user respect”. It’s simply a gossip network designed to spread data as far and wide as possible (for an unknown amount of time)\nnostr:nevent1qqs9e0kay6pklus0a724pkmrd4vjapvd8lx4n80cdhunfufye4n5kuszyqewrqnkx4zsaweutf739s0cu7et29zrntqs5elw70vlm8zudr3y2qcyqqqqqqgpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfdu97eq9z",
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