Nostr Web Client

Looks like I'm gonna have to stop using NOSTR. It seems that in the last month or so (roughly since I started actively posting from my travels) NOSTR has eaten up so much data that it's financially unsustainable for me.

I only operate on local 4G SIM cards when I travel and don't have access to public wifi very often - I'm not a digital nomad going from coffee shop to coffee shop and coworking space to coworking space, 95% of my time is spent somewhere in the woods or desert.

I'm terribly sorry about this, as NOSTR is my favorite platform and if I had any real enthusiasm for growth anywhere, it was here (unlike Twitter and Facebook). So if anyone happens to have any ideas on how to avoid this huge data consumption (like only using 1 app? Or just on a laptop in a browser? Or somehow remotely? Or do some magic with relays?), I'd love to get back to actively posting on NOSTR. But I'm shutting down for now, because realistically I don't have the money for more internet this month, and next time it'll be a decision between food and internet and guess what wins based on the opinions of the rest of the family :D.

So see you guys. For now...

Yonle 1y ago

i got similiar problem, yet i am the one who fix it.

there's a way to fix it:

1. remove all relays in your client, make it to only connect to an bouncer like bostr. you could use mine: wss://bostr.lecturify.net (allows both read and write)

2. save it and you will see bandwidth usage went reduced 5x than before.

unless your timeline is full of heavy images, it's recommended to disable auto load in your client.

for my case (android), here's my recommendation:

1. very lightweight: nozzle + bostr

2. fair: any client + bostr

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Yonle 1y ago

if you are an sysadmin (just in case), you could also self host your own bouncer as you wish. check https://github.com/Yonle/bostr for info

Karel od Martiny 1y ago

I am trying this right now. Anyway some time ago I bought a paid relay on nostr.land for 1 year, do you think it is still better not to use this paid relay and use yours (bostr) for the data consumption? Anyway thank you very very much, I think this might work.

Yonle 1y ago

You will still need your paid relays for private messages. It depends still.