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making relays first-class citizens is absolutely on my radar because that will open up a bunch of new uses of nostr

we're using nostr as if it were a client-server architecture, but it's not. We're missing out on a bunch of innovation because we're not thinking in the right terms/allowing for relay balkanization
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Unhosted Marcellus 2y ago

Would the concept of client side relays make sense for some use cases?

I'm mostly thinking P2P DM's, but maybe there'd be others (but keeping in mind that most clients won't want the bandwidth costs of running a 100% public relay).

I guess nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s's new LMDB-backed database for events would be a nice building block for this...

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Unhosted Marcellus 2y ago

To clarify, I mean that each Amethyst or Damus installation would set up a local personal relay for the user.

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cloud fodder 2y ago

I think it would be a great idea, the only thing is you'd still need a server somewhere if you wanted anyone else to be able to connect because of being behind a network firewall. There is server software that exists that could make this doable, but you're still stuck with *someone running an extra server to negotiate the p2p connection for you.

Without this, only you could connect so it would only be useful as a backup server for your own notes.