🔒 Buidling Continuum - Chapter 13 — Deletion and the Illusion of Erasure
🔒 Buidling Continuum - Chapter 13 — Deletion and the Illusion of Erasure
In distributed systems like Nostr, deletion does not mean erasure. Instead, it involves publishing a signed deletion event (commonly associated with NIP-09) that signals intent but cannot guarantee global removal. By contrast, centralized Web2 platforms present deletion as absolute while hiding their backend storage practices. This chapter explores the difference between opacity and transparency, the illusion of control in centralized systems, and how sovereign identity reshapes our understanding of accountability, memory, and authorship.
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