I spoke with nostr:npub12262qa4uhw7u8gdwlgmntqtv7aye8vdcmvszkqwgs0zchel6mz7s6cgrkj about his reasoning to remove GiftWrapped messages from eden.nostr.land. It's not that he doesn't want users to have private conversations and it's not that he's censoring content. It's that he doesn't want to unknowingly store images on his relay.

I've said since the beginning that NIP-95 is a great solution for decentralizing our images, however I've also said that it's bad form to make relay operators store binary data when they didn't originally intend to do so. Relay operators should have a choice in that matter as it will drastically increase their operating costs. With GiftWrapped messages, relay operators could technically store binary data, since they have no clue what type of content they're storing. The message could be a really long message or small image.

GiftWrapping is more than DMs.

I get it now.

This is why we have these discussions to hash things out and to learn. This is how the protocol grows and we end up reaching consensus on how to move forward for all to benefit.

I'll be adding eden back to my relay list... for now 😉