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Is there a way to host a file so that only certain npubs can view it?

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Share it encrypted and dm the npubs the key

Not sure how to even share it via the nostr protocol. I'm still a newb with understanding how to do anything with the protocol other than crap-post... LOL

Nostr is not for sharing big files, not even images. Upload it to a public hosting server and share the link.

It wouldn't be a big file.

What kind of server do you mean?

Look up catbox.moe

the wine creator thing

Creatr.wine.nostr, hosts files behind a paywall, limits their distribution to its particular relay, requires npub to subscribe to creator. Minimum sats required for subscription(1k or maybe 2k)

That's useful to know, but, I didn't want anyone to have to pay for this application. I'd gladly pay some sats to have the file hosted, since I'm not able to do that myself yet, though.

You could try to pay for a relay and only get certain npubs the ability to read from it?

How does one pay for a relay? Is there a service like that already?

looks like something is in the works?

https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/72.md

That could work, if you can upload files.