Nostr Web Client

Over time, I think 2 things will (or should) happen if we want nostr to be scalable to user bases as large as Twitters and beyond.

1. Most relays will become either paid or ad-supported. For the latter, I know this is a big topic, but there are ways to do ad-supported without it turning into the garbage you see on social networks today. There will of course still be a smaller number of free volunteer relays, but those will probably be the minority.

2. As I love to rant about, a combination of NIP-65/Gossip on the content discovery side, and automatic selecting of relays to post to based on uptime + server load of known relays, in order to evenly distribute the load.

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Ivo 2y ago

Ad supported relay is a big shit. The best thing at nostr is that is ad free

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Andrew 2y ago

That’s how it is currently because of the smaller scale. Paid subscription relays will be able to scale without ads, but if we want nostr to be used at a scale like Twitter, the majority of casual users have absolutely zero interest in paying a subscription for social media, and so ads will be needed to sustain most unpaid relays.

Andrew 2y ago

I don’t like it either, but it’s the reality of it as far as I can tell

Ivo 2y ago

We are not casual users my friend

Andrew 2y ago

haha nope, enthusiasts like us are more likely to go the paid route of course

Adam Ritter | rbr.bio 2y ago

I don't want to select relays to pay. I want my client to do it automatically.