Introduction

Nostr Data Vending Machines

Rationale

Nostr can act as a marketplace for data processing, where users request jobs to be processed in certain ways (e.g., “speech-to-text”, “summarization”, etc.), but they don’t necessarily care about “who” processes the data.

This NIP is not to be confused with a 1:1 marketplace; instead, it describes a flow where a user announces a desired output, willingness to pay, and service providers compete to fulfill the job requirement in the best way possible.

Actors

There are two actors in the workflow described in this NIP:

  • Customers (npubs who request a job)
  • Service providers (npubs who fulfill jobs)

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