Nostr Web Client

Been reading up on the nostr protocol and comparing it to the DSP I wrote about in 2021. Many of the details seem to have been worked out brilliantly, but one thing that worries me is the reliance on volunteer nodes.

It would be nice if there was a business model for nodes and node competition at the protocol level.

As it is, I wonder if nostr can scale.

jb55 8mo ago 💬 2

running relays are pretty cheap, and with the outbox model each individual node doesn't have to be that beefy

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jb55 8mo ago 💬 1

this is like saying "the web won't work because web servers won't be sustainable without business models". yet tons of people run webservers for fun at a loss.

:P 8mo ago

You can run an instance of relay.tools with dozens of relays for less than 5000 sats a month.

Garbage nsec 8mo ago

Images and videos are the main issue, I think. For many users, relay costs associated with their use are going to be a small fraction of media storage and CDN costs associated with their use.

Also that's also the issue that tends to get glossed over the most.