Right now we can connect to multiple relays freely which drives decentralisation of the network. Once relays start charging for access, users will naturally connect to fewer relays. I wonder about the downstream implications of such a shift.
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centralization is one way, which we don't want that. im sure we'll find a happy medium between paying for relay access and trying to stay decentralized. i wouldn't mind spending $5-$10 a month. i'm curious if others feel the same way?
another thought. we may end up seeing clients run their own relays, like Damus does. those clients will charge a monthly fee and/or have advertisements to keep things free.
Personally I would only pay a subscription if I were to also get other benefits (ex. Image hosting, verification, etc.). $5-10 a month for a service i could host myself is wild.
Paying for a service would be acceptable to me. I would also like to see this space promote creative, artistic and original content and pay for consumption if I wish to support that.
However that could be a costly venture if relays charge and content is charged.
Perhaps relays would be topic specific and they sponsor certain clients that would draw in users.
Needs to be fleshed out.
I like these ideas, we need more community brainstorming on it for sure.
I wonder if there is something around networks of relay operators banding together, with users subscribing to the relays in the network and paying the network itself for access (rather than relay operators directly). The network could then distribute payments to the operators.
I've seen people discuss using relays in similar manner, to help mobile users or people on slower or limited internet connections. You would broadcast to Relay-A. Then, Relay-A rebroadcasts to Relay-B, Relay-C, Relay-D, etc.
Private/public relay discussions should be on the horizon. I would pay to support protocol/relay runners … also I like the idea of public relays only, but scaling? I have no idea…really😂, but like Bitcoin…I’d be willing to pay to transact:::pay to post 📝 on relays
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