What relay implementations make it easy to enforce minimum proof-of-work? I want to run one.
RELAYS HAVE EVOLVED!
Nostr relays have evolved beyond their initial role as dumb pipes or simple databases. Today, the Nostr ecosystem is home to a variety of specialized relays, each offering unique functionalities.
What unique relays exist on Nostr? Here are a few:
wss://gm.swarmstr.com - A relay for GMs only
wss://catstrr.swarmstr.com - Cat pics and content about cats
wss://questions.swarmstr.com - A questions only relay
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wss://eyes.f7z.io - notes with the 👀 emoji only
wss://140.f7z.io - 140 character max notes, like Twitter's old policy
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wss://algo.utxo.one - a new type of algorithm based relay
This type of relay category is very new, but will grow over time.
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And then we have WoT relays or relays that operate with a Web-of-Trust, brining less spam to users in a more trusted and safer environment. Here are several WoT relays:
wss://wot.utxo.one
wss://nostrelites.org
wss://wot.nostr.party
wss://wot.sovbit.host
wss://wot.girino.org
wss://relay.lnau.net
wss://wot.siamstr.com
wss://relay.lexingtonbitcoin.org
wss://wot.azzamo.net
wss://wot.swarmstr.com
wss://zap.watch
wss://satsage.xyz
wss://wons.calva.dev
wss://wot.zacoos.com
wss://wot.shaving.kiwi
wss://wot.tealeaf.dev
wss://wot.nostr.net
wss://relay.goodmorningbitcoin.com
To fully leverage these relay advancements, we now need new sets tools that can make the most of these new features. It's time for relay management and relay explorers to take on a more prominent role within our clients. These tools can help users discover, explore, and even rate relays, encouraging greater decentralization of content on Nostr. This also opens up exciting new opportunities for how users find, engage with, and share information in new and unique ways.
Discussion
This is a great question and I don't have a good answer for to, but I do agree that this would make a nice relay style. Set a minimum PoW.
In my case, it’s for a website where users can post pseudonymously via a randomly generated Nostr keypair. Nostr isn’t the focus, just the means of communication. So my relay needs to filter by kind (easy) but I also need PoW enforcement to prevent spam.
Getwired.app does this. Would your app be similar to it?
Thanks, but not quite. My work-in-progress site will allow users to compare two, randomly selected Magic the Gathering cards and pick one. I’m going to use a custom kind number, empty content, and the payload choice information will be tags.
Way back in the day, like 20 years ago, there were sites that let users pick among images like this. One was called thefairest
Of course, by allowing anon visitors to post images, they didn’t last forever. I’m thinking can bring back the concept in limited form by using a curated image set and deterring spam with Proof-of-Work.
That sounds fantastic.
i have one, i can share the code later today (it's on my private git, not github)
The one im using for my wot relay had POW settings.