Big AND true?
Just deployed a massive change to Snort which i've been working on for about 5 weeks now.
It's called "gossip model", this makes Snort more resistant to censorship by connecting to the relays that your follows use.
This means that Snort will also distribute load across multiple relays instead of always querying your own relay list.
This is better for relays and better for nostr as a whole because it allows small communities to co-exist without the need for shared relay sets or without you needing to add those community specific relays to your relay list!
I also have created an NPM package which will allow anybody to build Nostr apps with Snort's internal nostr code, including the "gossip" model, check it out here https://www.npmjs.com/package/@snort/system
Please be aware that there are NO DOCS, keep an eye out and I should be able to create some example code in the coming weeks!
Discussion
Works pretty good. NGL. On iPhone too. π€£
Yeah Snort works really well on an iPhone!! Some people donβt know that!
Whatβs the process for this?
Just using the browser?
Install nostore.
Open safari.
Click the extension icon in the address bar.
Open nostore settings.
Swap generated nsec with your own.
Visit snort.social.
Log in with extension.
Profit.
Fuck Apple. Nope.
ESPECIALLY on iPhones, right?
π I couldn't help myself
With the exception that you canβt use nostore with PWAs. Lol.
Itβs always somethingβ¦ π€£π€£π€£
Damn it! π
But it works in browser, right?
Beautifully. If the Damus decision turns out to be permanent, itβll be my go to client for zaps etc.
I also use it on desktop so might as well.
I use it a ton on desktop! I also love that you can host an instance on your own server.
Been considering throwing an instance up on TheSameCat.io as a secondary for me and friends in case Kieran breaks something while heβs doing the hard work.
Might need to look at that again.
Yeah, my favorite thing about Umbrel is that you can self host it, but definitely. This is why open source wins, because they can never kill all of them.