I don't know where to post this but since nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6 posted on how nostr was big relays dependant I tried using only small relays but I'm having a lot of issues :
- profile info missing
- missing notes (some of my follows notes were completely out of my feed)
- big latence to fetch data (notes appear suddenly in my feed or profile info updated after at least 5-10 seconds)
I don't know who could be interested in that feedback. Feel free to tag people in comments.
Here's an example on #bitcoin (I use amethyst)
And on nostr chats it is even worse :
https://video.nostr.build/87105ea5ebd82299d8905e9e69e058c97e2e52cc42af5c2947c718b5746d1fd6.mp4 https://video.nostr.build/8bef2f50a2e957a79d9db2adc32ac7a8d3a9cdde52e3a9fcd1ec490ea74ec786.mp4
The relays I use :
#nostr
#nostrdev
#amethyst
Relays don't go back in time to fetch old notes they never relayed originally. If any of those relays had relayed the old notes, there's a good chance they'd still have a copy.
Relays only keep copies of the notes they relay. They don't go out to other relays to get notes they don't have. That's up to your client to do.
To many users just using the default relays in clients. If they added a dozen more random relays, it would help spread the notes out to more relays.
Some relays do aggregate from others.
