No. Relays don’t store images. These are stored on a service that damus uses (that’s the app I used to post the note) for image and video data.
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Thanks using Damus now on iMac desktop… figured it would be good to match what I’ll use on iPhone.
Also downloaded flamingo chrome extension, but don’t know how to see post like Damus using Chrome.
So he's wrong about this? Relays hold info? https://youtu.be/qn-Zp491t4Y or Damus is a relay?
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So nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955 does also run a relay but the client (the app) and relay function completely independently.
The Nostr protocol doesn't have a way to natively store or send binary data, like photos, videos, etc. so there are other services like nostr.build or void.cat that have specialized to handle that aspect for apps. So Damus, Snort, etc. all use on of these services when you upload a photo.
Make sense?
Thanks... so the relays only hold text, how much text can each post be? I'm assuming this is like a blockchain / lightning ... so there are copies of this message all over the place.
It's not a blockchain in the sense that there isn't any consensus mechanism. But there are lots of copies of the data. This is more a function of what relays you connect to at this point though since there are only a few gossip implementations that actively try and spread your data to more relays.
Since events are just JSON they can hold ANY amount of text. Check out https://habla.news. It's a blogging platform on #nostr and deals mostly in type 30023 events (long-form content).
Relays can store and transmit text-based data. This can include links to off-relay media like photos and videos.
nostr:npub1rxysxnjkhrmqd3ey73dp9n5y5yvyzcs64acc9g0k2epcpwwyya4spvhnp8 is great and nostr:npub1zuuajd7u3sx8xu92yav9jwxpr839cs0kc3q6t56vd5u9q033xmhsk6c2uc is the man. 🤙