I'm having trouble today configuring my newish gossip account to have write access to relays, and even in publishing the 10002 relay list event itself, which most relays are rejecting because I don't have write access to them.

It feels like (for new user accounts) that nostr is down, a walled garden that you cannot get into. And I'm using tools that most people wouldn't have access to, like a NIP-11 reader.

wss://nostr.wine/ - blocked: not an active paid member

wss://at.nostrworks.com/ - blocked: pubkey not admitted

wss://nostr.oxtr.dev/: ERROR: Websocket: HTTP error: 502 Bad Gateway

wss://nostr-dev.wellorder.net/: ERROR: Websocket: HTTP error: 503 Service Unavailable

wss://eden.nostr.land/ - blocked: pubkey not admitted

wss://nostr-pub.wellorder.net/ - blocked: spam not permitted

I tried to signup to eden.nostr.land but it either times out, or if I click twice it says that I'm paid (but I'm not and it rejects writes).

We need to make this easier. I'm ready to help from the client side if you have suggestions for gossip client.