If that’s true, relays hosting notes alone wouldn’t be affected.
Your legalese speculations are a bore. Are we not here to decentralize the web and change the world? 🌎🌍🌏
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I’m just looking at it from different angles and throwing sticks at spokes to see if the wheels keep spinning.
I’m all for that. 😎💜
One place we can investigate is IPFS. They’ve avoided the plaque of illegal content, and they actually force you to host the content of strangers!
Tools like Microsoft DNA are up-coming for relays who want to scan for illegal images and videos. I hope we can get some AI devs into Nostr for this very purpose. nostr:npub10pensatlcfwktnvjjw2dtem38n6rvw8g6fv73h84cuacxn4c28eqyfn34f
Interesting 🧐
Even if you pin your files, IPFS doesn’t always store your files forever. I’m sure there is some illegal content on IPFS still, but it’s been very active for years — despite many of its flaws.
People who host content take up the responsibility of avoiding illegal content, just like nostr.build or any centralized content provider does. Having a way to turn decentralized file hosting into a sustainable business with Lightning makes doing that job more realistic.
“As of August 2021, IPFS claims to have 2 million unique weekly users, some 200,000 network nodes, and about 125TB worth of gateway traffic per week.”
https://decrypt.co/resources/how-to-use-ipfs-the-backbone-of-web3/