Can nostr fix this? 🤔
Discussion
Plz
No, because (nearly) all of the content is still hosted on CDNs. Until we can figure out decentralized hosting solutions, our content will remain at the whim of centralized entities.
I actually want to adjust my response. I think the question of whether or not technology CAN fix anything is always a loaded question.
Yes, it CAN fix this. However, within the context of the nostr protocol, it is not really feasible. It would take distributed storage and hosting solutions to fix such a problem, not a communication protocol. So perhaps at the relay level it could be done, but from outside the scope of the project.
However, Bitcoin could fix this. A recent example of Bitcoin doing just this is gputopia using lightning payments to facilitate buying and selling of distributed GPU compute power. Distributing storage would come with it's own challenges, but could be solved with Bitcoin very similarly.
Can Nostr's infrastructure (relays) able to serve long form video to clients?
I guess the size of the upload itself (from some orgs like 60 Minutes) will make it hard for Nostr infra to show it.
Probably better off trying a VPN. I recommend IVPN. Very few VPN companies are any good, but there are a few other options.