I don't know, if any of you have been paying attention to the relay market, lately, but three innovative projects we at GitCitadel are watching very closely are:

* the powerful, scalable NFDB relay from nostr:nprofile1qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq3vamnwvaz7tmgd9ehgtnwdaehgu3wd3skuep0qyv8wumn8ghj7mnxv33zumn0wdmksetjv5hxxmmd9uq3jamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxamgv4ex2tnrdakj7qg4waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t09uqzq5455pmtewaacws6a73hxkqkea6fjwcm3keq9vqu3q7930nl4k9acaw56v

* the speedy Realy relay, and it's new HTTP-based spinoff, from nostr:nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7mtvv44h2tnjv4skc7fwd3hkctcpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7qg3waehxw309ahx7um5wghxcctwvshszxmhwden5te0w35x2en0wfjhxapwdehhxarjxyhxxmmd9uq32amnwvaz7tm5v4ehgtnjv4skc7fwd3hkctcqypxgqqjh5ky2s2zf6pyczlptm2kesje953ddnak66ehy05a50caj7c0zn5e

* the full-featured administration layer relay.tools, from our longstanding relay supplier nostr:nprofile1qyghwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnhd9hx2tcpzfmhxue69uhkummnw3eryvfwvdhk6tcpzemhxue69uhkyetkduhxummnw3erztnrdakj7qg6waehxw309akx7cmtvfhhstnxd9shg6npvchxxmmd9uq35amnwvaz7tmpv36kcapwxyu8qmr4wvh8xmmrd9skctcqyp7vx29q3hdj4l0elxl800hlfjp538le09epsf7k9zj59ue2y37qu7l0dvr

I've long been convinced that the relay market is due for a lot of innovation and reform, and it's been exciting to see it kick-off in a big way, like this. #GitCitadel has use cases for all three, and will soon be turning on AUTH-to-write to support their integration, so look for that coming #thoon.

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The relays you are currently using are mostly dumb. Next gen relays will be fast, efficient, smart, and enable you to do things that you didn't know you wanted to do.

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Easy powerful relays for plebs is critical!

Keep the updates coming and the projects rolling!

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We have to make sure it’s accessible (i.e. port the projects to easy jump off points for noobs, like nostr:nprofile1qqs9df4h2deu3aae83fmet5xmrlm4w5l9gdnsy3q2n7dklem7ezmwfc6c32nl and nostr:nprofile1qqsw5t3us9xs3gmclzjm37hvk2yy6pv9t96utjjttsj794hexc5x79qzl2gvy) to ensure power features are there for non-IT-inclined, self-sovereign folks, that don’t want to be forced into a walled relay garden to use a good nostr client.

yes, for now the clients are mostly built by people tied to opensats, jack and HRF and they all have some particular in-group agenda, but this is slowly changing

too much asking permission going on, this has to change, and once some people start doing it and proving better things work better at that point we should be asking the question does this protocol need gatekeepers or does it need a set of cultural norms, idioms, etiquette and obligations

they call it human rights foundation but they literally think that things like internet access and using nostr are "human rights" even though i gotta eat and pay rent so i can code (me and the rest of the devs) which is why i doubt they have any interest in actually doing it right, which is sad because that also means DMs are not going to be fixed by anyone they are funding, for sure nobody has yet!

nostr:npub1s3ht77dq4zqnya8vjun5jp3p44pr794ru36d0ltxu65chljw8xjqd975wz is putting a lot of effort into making sure #Alexandria is easy for people to port, without any loss of core functionality, and with simple relay-migration settings for the power features, like search.

And that's not just talk: we have something coming out today, that I think you'll like. 👀

We are happy, if people fork our client and run their own relays with it! 🤩🚀