I had added them to the blocklist https://github.com/Spl0itable/nostr-relay-spam-blocklist
If you see any further spam account reports, I'd love to pull their pubkeys for this list to help other relay operators 🙏
Discussion
It’s trivial to get around this… could just post a profile event and post each time on a random key.
Agreed. It'll always be a cat and mouse chase. But it's better than nothing... At least imo.
I don't know what going on but okay.
Exactly. The IP of the spammer (/64 for IPv6) is more important than their public key. But for a professional spammer even IP isn’t an obstacle. And the issue is that you can’t hold bad behavior against the IP for too long. It needs to age off the ban list.
So don't even try? What was the point in even banning then, if it's all a lost cause?
Think about how easy it is to get a new public key. Of course the maximum impact is when you have followers, but relay operators have to deal with the guys who are basically doing the Nostr equivalent of DDoS attacks.
I am a relay(s) operator. And that's why I've been adding to the list to specifically help combat spam like Layer Zero (who haven't changed their pubkey once). I also muted them, but it doesn't really work well on Damus. I'm questioning what's even the point of a reporting feature in the app if nothing is worth doing, because hypotheticals.
