Nostr Web Client

I believe in the long run public relays won't exist anymore, they're too easy targets for spammers and sybils and other evil agents. So what relay models could exist?

1. closed relays with manual whitelisting;

2. paid relays;

3. invite-tree relays like wss://pyramid.fiatjaf.com;

4. wot relays;

5. pow relays like wss://labour.fiatjaf.com;

Yousef Abdullah 1y ago 💬 2

I still don't understand the idea of relays

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OriginalSize 1y ago

They host all the notes and other stuff.

Linda 1y ago

Relays provide the decentralization in Nostr. Instead of posting to a single server that is controlled ultimately by a single CEO, Nostr allows you to post to multiple relays (servers). So if one goes down or decides to remove your post, there are still other places for people to obtain your content.

The apps eg Primal, Amethyst etc communicate with all the relays to find the content of the people you follow in order to show it to you.