Indeed & relays will be abundant and the market will be highly competitive, thus users will pay a far far lower price than paying for a monthly Twitter subscription.
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We don't know how much it'll cost yet right? Might end up more expensive than we think?
We'd need to know the cost associated with running one of the big relays...
Still way too early in the market to make any definitive statements on what an average cost would be BUT there will be plug and play solutions that develop which will make it easier for everyday users to establish their own relays or run a paid relay service, thus resulting in more paid global relay competition.
I'm not so sure. Nostr seems to be far less efficient than a centralized entity and the onboarding of non-technical people (not being able to run relays) might lead to demand outstripping supply. Nostr should be able to provide a competitive platform and inefficiency really isn't competitive.
Kinda depends on the improvements in hard/software (use and budget wise). Being open source is the one thing that gives me hope we can pull it off.
Moore’s Law (cheaper/faster/better hardware over time) makes decentralization possible. It’s cheap to get a 1TB SSD now. In the future, cheap 10TB or 100TB SSDs will be commonplace. And the processors and memory will also be fast and cheap. There will be no reason to not include all that cheap and abundant storage and computing power in home routers, entertainment consoles, cable boxes, etc.
All the high performance and big data stuff will still be in data centers, but everyone will be able to store their own personal stuff (e.g., financial transactions, Bitcoin balance/blockchain, social media data, family photos/videos) locally.
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Not that bullish on the economy myself.
Also, I don't think government will allow big tech to host the rebel alliance, that's pretty naïve. Europe is already implementing laws that forbid encrypted communications, those are there for that exact reason.
But this isn't about Moores law, it's about competition. Inefficient systems cant compete. Unless ofcourse, people are willing to walk the extra mile but I don't see that happening with the majority of society, they like their security.
Maybe we should just hope for a quick end and even quicker recovery.