Decentralization Explained
Understanding what makes Nostr and Nostria different from traditional social media.
What Is Decentralization?
Centralized (Traditional):
- Single company controls everything
- All data in one place
- Company makes all rules
- Can shut down anytime
Decentralized (Nostr):
- No single point of control
- Data spread across network
- Community-driven rules
- Can't be shut down
Benefits of Decentralization
Freedom
- No corporate overlords
- Can't be banned arbitrarily
- Choose your own experience
- Control your own data
Resilience
- Network keeps working if nodes fail
- No single point of failure
- Censorship resistant
- Always available
Privacy
- You control your data
- No corporate surveillance
- No data mining
- No targeted ads
Innovation
- Anyone can build
- Open competition
- Rapid development
- User choice
How It Works in Practice
- Your identity (keys) belongs to you
- Content stored on multiple relays
- Choose which relays to use
- Switch apps anytime