Nostr Web Client

The relay is the central element of course and I agree about its crucial importance; what I (and suppose fiatjaf) mean about simple/dumb is functional, resist to the tendency to add features, so keep a virtuous ossification strategy. This way a relay can put all his energies to scale vertically and do his work well.

I agree that relays need praise and support, keep things simple (for the end users) is hard work.

0xtr 2y ago

I agree to some extent but would you consider for example spam prevention software as extra functionality in a relay?

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daniele 2y ago

Spam is a problem, sure. But spam is somehow not objective and can touch the censorship grey area. I would prefer to control the spam filters on the client, so I can manage them and be absolutely sure about the rules.

Of course this approach has a cost: more cpu and bandwith usage; so the relays should mitigate abuse and DoS, implementing some throttling mechanism / smart firewalls / restricted accesses, to avoid to broadcast trash events. This is undoubtedly complex.