Is there a list of more robust/trustworthy relays I should be on?
Discussion
I've found that relay.westernbtc.com is one that supports negentropy syncing that is good to add. Several people use nostr.wine however they don't yet support negentropy syncing; looking forward to more options. Running one on your own hardware is also another good option, Start9 and Umbrel may have some options for running a strfry relay via it, however I am less familiar with this area. I think relays will be developed a lot in the next year, along with simple hosting options for media and video streaming and etc.
Not complaining, and I'm learning/growing but.... negentropy means nothing to me along with knowing which relays support what Nips and exactly what that means for my use case(s).
I'm sure my experience will improve as I figure those things out.
So, for instance, I first need to know what a thing is, then which nip applies, find a relays and client that supports it then configure everything for it. Correct?
I'm still at step one on most things.
Negentropy (drafted as NIP-77) is a way for relays to more efficiently sync notes between each other by determining what each relay has prior, and then only sending the missing notes.
So if you move relays, all your notes will follow that change. For example, if you decide a year from now you want to run your own relay, you can use it to sync all your notes from other relays to it.
It could also be useful to create topic based relays that sync with thousands, hundreds of thousands to millions of relays. It could then use an LLM to filter notes based on a topic.
It's robustness and efficiency.
Originally many said to have a bunch of relays. Now I think it's better to have a few (2-4) popular free relays and 2-3 good paid relays. Plus your own private node/relay where possible.
Which ones? It's early, quality and service could change quickly. I think trial and error will move you forward better than anything. Start with name recognition and go from there.
I'm agreeing though, 10 plus relays could be more problem than solution.
shameless plug: nos.lol nostr.mom