The Great Decentralization Swindle: Every Protocol but One Betrays Its Promise
habla.newsI was reading through the article genuinely looking forward to a methodical discussion on all the negative points raised about other protocols
For example this was about one of the other protocols
“ There is no key rotation that preserves your social connections. You would need to create an entirely new identity.”
It didn’t elaborate much, but briefly mention Marmot, but I thought it was about Nostr? It was confusing enough for me to shrug and move on. Which is a shame, because it feels like it might be important to understand.
Marmot is a subprotocol based on Nostr (and MLS signatures): https://github.com/marmot-protocol/marmot that's used for private messaging while using Nostr for identity.
Your specific example is true - nostr currently doesn't have generally available key rotation solutions, there are couple proposals in works thought. This is also noted in the article with "Nostr is not perfect. Key management remains challenging, though solutions like NIP-46 and hardware signing devices are emerging."
Sidenote - the article you just read is hosted on nostr. Did you notice that? The comments under it are powered by nostr, etc. It's pretty seamless - habla.news is just one of the client apps that fetches it from many relays. Nostr phone apps (like Amethyst) also display the same article and allow interacting with it, commenting, etc.