if you're running a WoT (Web-of-Trust) relay, please let me know. I'd like to compile a list.

wss://wot.utxo.one - nostr:npub1utx00neqgqln72j22kej3ux7803c2k986henvvha4thuwfkper4s7r50e8

wss://nostrelites.org - nostr:npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424

wss://relay.diegoyegros.com - nostr:npub1p3rfw7wscmzfn9z3fa74nzgyqe70p57j8mws0e88dh7awjepmzcq7jgxl9

wss://wot.sovbit.host - nostr:npub1gnwpctdec0aa00hfy4lvadftu08ccs9677mr73h9ddv2zvw8fu9smmerrq

What's a Web-of-Trust relay?

It's a type of relay that anyone can read from, but only certain people can write to. If the owner follows you or one of the people that the owner follows, follows you, then you're considered inside their Web-of-Trust. You can then write to this relay!

Example:

I follow nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m but I do not follow @billybob. nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m however does follow @billybob. Therefore, @billybob is allowed to write to my WoT relay.

Even if you're not inside a WoT, you can still use these relays for reading Nostr content. This relay software also fetches and archives content from people inside the WoT automatically. This means users inside the WoT don't even need to choose these relays and write to them for their content to be available on these relays. And then readers can enjoy this content with little to no spam. Cool.

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I have a list going on the GitHub repo, so far up to 7!

Word. Thanks.

Word.

We. So. Old.

That guy is punny

One of the best TV shows.

My lack of cultural knowledge is showing.

Again. 🤣

Additions to my list from above:

wss://wot.nostr.party

wss://wot.girino.org

wss://relay.lnau.net

wss://wot.siamstr.com

@AaronSwartz there

wss://nostr-relay.app sir 🫡

Is this running the bitvora wot relay or your own implementation?

It is my own implementation. ts + pg https://github.com/CodyTseng/nostr-relay-nestjs

Thank you sir.

Oh I like how you can specify your trust depth level. Very nice.

Thanks, this is inspired by fren-relay and wot-relay. nostr:npub1utx00neqgqln72j22kej3ux7803c2k986henvvha4thuwfkper4s7r50e8

Is there a how-to somewhere?

I've been trying to better understand relays lately but it's hard to find a good source.

old, but mostly still relevant nostr:note18pdj7lteu4vd58s8ecl54sxd8suqzhqxkyjztflt50jl099eh90s6vdwks

Thank you, but I'm looking for more detailed info and potentail implementations. I'd like to run a relay and in order to do that, I'd like to understand how events on a relay are managed, read, saved, filtered,...

I understand that nostr development is moving fast and therefore it's hard to have an uptodate explanation with examples, but I'm surprised there's not more info given the importance of relays.

This is exactly why "trust == follow" is too crude and we need contextual trust.

If I set up a company WoT relay and followed my personal account with it, a bunch of (lovely) memers would be posting memes on that professional relay. If instead my company account could attest that it trusts my personal account "for programming" and my personal account trusts a handful of npubs "for programming", then the WoT relay would tend to have more programming posts and fewer memes.

Not to mention the fact that I follow some people I *actively distrust* and dislike - but I still want to see what they are posting. so like the last people I'd want in a protected trust circle!

nostr:nevent1qqszl5x33zks8k2wh2eh6c7kncphjsngc0kz4ktfueje9drm3d47wxgpz4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wchsygplwuxkt5a8vj5utj6s8tsj8e3wcavc45p4mqmw92qs7wrh5azmyspsgqqqqqqsxa6gcy

Great explanation, this helps. Is there a way to turn off the followed of followed to just followed?

that's not built into the scope of the project.

A wot relay list would come handy. Please share if you have any.

How will I know if I'm allowed to write to a relay after I have added it?

Does your client app that you're using allow you to pick which relays you're sending content to? You could try that.

And again depending on client, time can see if any of the operator follow you. You could also DM them 🫂

Thank you sir!

thanks for this will give them a shot... so it would be necessary to only use these relays (remove all other relays) from my client in order to see them properly at work?

Beautiful explanation. Thx bro.

This is unfair to @billybob

Just saying 🤪

> “And then readers can enjoy this content with little to no spam. Cool.”

Yea… this is not spam proof. There ARE prolific followers on Nostr. Everybody’s list of “follows follows” can (and prolly does) include any number of bots and bad actors.

Without filtering, a bare minimum WoT list is not actually trustworthy. Not now, and definitely not as Nostr scales.

WoT relays are a great idea. But WoT itself needs better algos.

Which is why I said little to no spam instead of spam free.

tried with these exclusively but couldn't see any content at all...

Sounds cool to me

Interesting

wss://wot.sudorelay.com

Good info!

nostr:npub1cn670f663n3ks02jnnlsvd5y88zjnefy8343ykaxs7y3nzzketrsrjwt8a nostr:npub1dqepr0g4t3ahvnjtnxazvws4rkqjpxl854n29wcew8wph0fmw90qlsmmgt

is there a custom WoT relay implementation yet or how do these relays implement the WoT aspect?

it's just your follows plus your follows follows. no complex algo.

Soon 👍

another WoT one: wss://nostr.600.wtf