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+<script setup lang="ts">
+import SlideShell from './SlideShell.vue'
+
+// HTTP: three users funnel into ONE server.
+const users = [40, 95, 150]
+
+// Nostr: you broadcast out to MANY relays (a little mesh).
+const you = { x: 52, y: 95 }
+const relays = [
+  { x: 200, y: 32 },
+  { x: 250, y: 62 },
+  { x: 262, y: 112 },
+  { x: 232, y: 158 },
+  { x: 182, y: 128 },
+]
+// Faint relay-to-relay links to imply a gossiping network.
+const mesh = [
+  [0, 1],
+  [1, 2],
+  [2, 3],
+  [3, 4],
+  [4, 0],
+  [1, 4],
+]
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <SlideShell kicker="Mental model" title="Nostr isn’t HTTP">
+    <div class="grid gap-6 sm:grid-cols-2">
+      <!-- HTTP: many users → one server -->
+      <div class="rounded-xl border border-zinc-700 bg-zinc-900/60 p-6">
+        <p class="mb-2 text-sm font-semibold uppercase tracking-widest text-zinc-400">
+          The web (HTTP)
+        </p>
+        <svg viewBox="0 0 300 190" class="mx-auto w-full max-w-[300px]">
+          <!-- connections -->
+          <g stroke="#52525b" stroke-width="2">
+            <line v-for="y in users" :key="'l' + y" x1="54" :y1="y" x2="206" y2="95" />
+          </g>
+          <!-- users -->
+          <g fill="#a1a1aa">
+            <template v-for="y in users" :key="'u' + y">
+              <circle cx="42" :cy="y - 7" r="6" />
+              <path :d="`M33 ${y + 9} a9 9 0 0 1 18 0`" />
+            </template>
+          </g>
+          <!-- one server -->
+          <rect x="206" y="66" width="66" height="58" rx="8" fill="#27272a" stroke="#a1a1aa" stroke-width="2" />
+          <g stroke="#a1a1aa" stroke-width="2">
+            <line x1="218" y1="84" x2="260" y2="84" />
+            <line x1="218" y1="95" x2="260" y2="95" />
+            <line x1="218" y1="106" x2="260" y2="106" />
+          </g>
+          <circle cx="252" cy="118" r="2.5" fill="#ef4444" />
+          <text x="239" y="150" text-anchor="middle" fill="#71717a" font-size="12">single point</text>
+        </svg>
+        <p class="mt-2 text-center text-sm text-zinc-400">
+          One server holds your account <em>and</em> your data. It bans you? You’re gone.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+
+      <!-- Nostr: you fan out to many relays -->
+      <div class="rounded-xl border border-violet-600/50 bg-violet-950/20 p-6">
+        <p class="mb-2 text-sm font-semibold uppercase tracking-widest text-violet-400">Nostr</p>
+        <svg viewBox="0 0 300 190" class="mx-auto w-full max-w-[300px]">
+          <!-- faint relay mesh -->
+          <g stroke="#5b21b6" stroke-width="1.5" opacity="0.6">
+            <line
+              v-for="([a, b], i) in mesh"
+              :key="'m' + i"
+              :x1="relays[a].x"
+              :y1="relays[a].y"
+              :x2="relays[b].x"
+              :y2="relays[b].y"
+            />
+          </g>
+          <!-- broadcast lines (animated) -->
+          <g stroke="#8b5cf6" stroke-width="2" class="flow">
+            <line
+              v-for="(r, i) in relays"
+              :key="'b' + i"
+              :x1="you.x + 14"
+              :y1="you.y"
+              :x2="r.x"
+              :y2="r.y"
+            />
+          </g>
+          <!-- relays -->
+          <g>
+            <circle
+              v-for="(r, i) in relays"
+              :key="'r' + i"
+              :cx="r.x"
+              :cy="r.y"
+              r="11"
+              fill="#2e1065"
+              stroke="#a78bfa"
+              stroke-width="2"
+            />
+          </g>
+          <!-- you (signed) -->
+          <g fill="#8b5cf6">
+            <circle :cx="you.x" :cy="you.y - 8" r="8" />
+            <path :d="`M${you.x - 12} ${you.y + 10} a12 12 0 0 1 24 0`" />
+          </g>
+          <text :x="you.x" :y="you.y + 34" text-anchor="middle" fill="#a78bfa" font-size="12">you</text>
+          <text x="235" y="184" text-anchor="middle" fill="#a78bfa" font-size="12">many relays</text>
+        </svg>
+        <p class="mt-2 text-center text-sm text-zinc-300">
+          You sign notes and broadcast to relays you choose. One drops you? The rest still have it.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p class="mt-6 text-sm text-zinc-500">
+      Relays actually talk over <code class="text-zinc-300">wss://</code> (WebSockets) — same plumbing
+      as the web. What flips is
+      <span class="text-zinc-300">who owns your identity and where your data lives.</span>
+    </p>
+  </SlideShell>
+</template>
+
+<style scoped>
+.flow line {
+  stroke-dasharray: 5 6;
+  animation: flow 0.9s linear infinite;
+}
+@keyframes flow {
+  to {
+    stroke-dashoffset: -11;
+  }
+}
+@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
+  .flow line {
+    animation: none;
+  }
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/src/components/slides/ProtocolTableSlide.vue b/src/components/slides/ProtocolTableSlide.vue
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+<script setup lang="ts">
+import SlideShell from './SlideShell.vue'
+
+const rows = [
+  { label: 'Identity', http: 'An account the server owns', nostr: 'A keypair you own' },
+  { label: 'Data lives', http: 'On one company’s server', nostr: 'Copied across many relays' },
+  { label: 'Model', http: 'Request → response', nostr: 'Publish signed events (pub/sub)' },
+  { label: 'Trust', http: 'Trust the host not to lie', nostr: 'Signatures — math, not trust' },
+  { label: 'If it bans you', http: 'You’re gone', nostr: 'Move relays, keep your identity' },
+]
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <SlideShell kicker="Mental model" title="HTTP vs Nostr, point by point">
+    <div class="overflow-hidden rounded-xl border border-zinc-700">
+      <table class="w-full text-left text-lg">
+        <thead class="bg-zinc-800/60 text-sm uppercase tracking-wider text-zinc-400">
+          <tr>
+            <th class="px-5 py-3 font-medium"></th>
+            <th class="px-5 py-3 font-medium">HTTP</th>
+            <th class="px-5 py-3 font-medium text-violet-300">Nostr</th>
+          </tr>
+        </thead>
+        <tbody class="divide-y divide-zinc-800">
+          <tr v-for="row in rows" :key="row.label">
+            <td class="px-5 py-4 font-semibold text-white">{{ row.label }}</td>
+            <td class="px-5 py-4 text-zinc-400">{{ row.http }}</td>
+            <td class="px-5 py-4 text-zinc-200">{{ row.nostr }}</td>
+          </tr>
+        </tbody>
+      </table>
+    </div>
+  </SlideShell>
+</template>