Is this true for all paid relays? Pleb question 😅
Discussion
There can be exceptions.
I think we would need the auth spec to be widely implemented before that's possible
Auth is coming to Nostream. Is it supported on Damus?
Not yet but i want to do that soon
How does the zap counter work? Can't it be manipulated? Can't anyone just broadcast that they've sent a zap to someone without sending it? Or it cryptographically verified somehow?
What do you think about attribute-based encryption? It would force encryption/decryption on the client, rather than an auth fence on the relay. Maybe for private groups instead of the whole relay though.
If the relay operator decides to make it free