Nostr events are defined as JSON. It is far more expensive to parse JSON than it is to parse a structured binary event (which indeed needs no parsing at all).
Strictly speaking, nostr could have binary events representing the same data, without starting over entirely.
Nostr events are defined as JSON. It is far more expensive to parse JSON than it is to parse a structured binary event (which indeed needs no parsing at all).
Strictly speaking, nostr could have binary events representing the same data, without starting over entirely.