My wife and I run a private relay on our nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll. You don’t have to be technical to do it and they’re a stand up company too. I’ve had one or two instances where I needed to reach out to their support team and they’ve been very good about getting the issue resolved.
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It's the easiest way. Umbrel has one two, but Start 9 explains more.
Oh shit, that looks like an amazing solution. I might just invest in one of those! I plan very soon on beginning to produce content and I want to build out this business on the nostr network, including a private community relay. This might just fit the bill.
How useful is a personal relay that is only reachable behind Tor? I am thinking about setting one up myself, but if no other users can connect to it, it is of little use.
For us it’s really for archiving our notes in a way that they’re not vulnerable to deletion. If there’s more #thenukening events in the future (I think there will be, especially for free relays), then we would be able to rebroadcast any note we wanted to the public relays.
If your goal is to run a public relay that anyone can plug into then you’re correct that it’s of limited value.
I just ordered one and it's on the way. I'm a little worried because my dog is more tech savvy than I am. Was it pretty simple to get it set up?
The only complex thing I ran into was setting up and running a lightning node and that’s not required for a first step. Read the guides they have posted, they’re very helpful.