Everything you have posted, and everyone who follows you, sits on a server that belongs to somebody else.
The rules there can change on a Tuesday, and nobody has to warn you first.
Nostr works differently
Learn Nostr, Step by Step from your first key to the protocol itself
Sixteen guides, sorted into three levels. Most of them end in a quiz, so you find out what actually stuck. Nothing is locked. The levels are only a sensible order to read in.
Free and open source, in seven languages. That includes Arabic and Hindi, which almost nothing else in Nostr covers.
Free • No account required • see the whole course first
How the course works
Read it in order, or skip to the part you need. Both work.
Three levels, in order
Beginner, intermediate, advanced. You can read them in any order you like; the levels only say where to start and what tends to come next.
A quiz at the end
Most guides finish with one, so you leave knowing which parts you understood and which to read again.
Seven languages
Every guide is fully translated, Hindi included. In Arabic the whole layout mirrors, right to left.
What changes on Nostr
A few things work differently once no company owns the feed
Your feed, in order
Posts from the people you follow, in the order they were written. You decide what matters.
Elsewhere, an algorithm decides what you see and when.
Rooms you pick yourself
Relays can be narrow. One for music, one for gardening. You read the sections you want and skip the rest.
Elsewhere, everybody gets the same mixed timeline.
Anonymous if you want to be
No phone number, no email, no ID check. Call yourself whatever you like.
Most platforms want a verified identity before you can start.
Your posts stay yours
They sit on several relays at once instead of in one company database. Nobody can quietly remove the lot.
One account deletion elsewhere and the archive goes with it.
Tips land with you
Readers can send you money straight from the app. No middleman takes a cut.
The usual arrangement sells your attention instead.
Quick Start Guides
Four places people usually start
What is Nostr?
What the thing actually is, before any of the setup
First Steps
Keys ready, an app picked, your first post sent
Choose Your App
Compare the apps and see which one suits the way you post
Understanding Keys
What your two keys are, and which one nobody else may ever see
Coming from another platform?
How Nostr differs from the network you are leaving, and what carries over
Nostr vs Twitter/X
Ownership, reach and moderation, side by side
Nostr vs Mastodon
Relays and instances are not the same thing
Nostr vs Bluesky
Two takes on decentralized identity, compared
Nostr vs ActivityPub vs Bluesky: all three protocols compared
Ready to take control?
The course begins at beginner level and ends at the protocol itself. Or open the index and pick.
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