This repo contains a curated list of non-social-media use-cases for Nostr.
Nostr presents an incredible opportunity to re-revolutionize how we use the internet, the previous revolution being the web browser. But Nostr will never do that if everyone stays focused on using it as Yet Another Social-media Protocol (YASP). If Nostr never transcends social-media, it will fade into obscurity, just like Usenet, the original social media.
Feel free to create an issue if...
- you have an idea that you think should be added to this list; or
- you have a link to an implementation of an idea in this list;
... I'll consider adding it to the list.
Also, check out this related repo: https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr
- A ridesharing app. (e.g. the incomplete bullrun)
- CoinJoin negotiation. (e.g. joinstr)
- An end-to-end encrypted messaging app, like Signal, that uses Nostr for the backend.
- Consider using something like SimpleX Chat's identity-less system, instead of npubs.
- Comand-and-control, for controlling your machines via a local Nostr relay.
- A bracketing/tournament system with payouts. (see here for details)
- Matchmaking for videogames, where clients/servers submit offers via Nostr to start/host game matches.
- To replace videogame servers, by sending game-state updates between clients via one or more relays. Multiple relays might be appropriate for redundancy.
- Webpages, where each webpage is stored across multiple relays, making them virtually uncensorable.
- Chat with random people, like Omegle. Clients would post ephemeral events stating an interest in chatting, while other clients would randomly select a pub-key in one such ephemeral event. The chat would be E2EE. To be truly anonymous, the client would to connect to relays via Tor.