My relay is available for use. I'm experimenting so no promises about future availability. I'm considering operating a paid and a free relay. This relay will remain free as long as I operate it even if I choose to host a paid relay.
wss://nostr.seankibler.com
Relay is running software by atdixon written in Clojure on a 2CPU 4GBRAM VM from Linode (now Akamai) in Texas.
https://github.com/atdixon/me.untethr.nostr-relay
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Ok. I don’t understand the relay thing?
Relays are essentially the servers of Nostr. Anyone with the technical know how can run a relay and I think there is even a one-click install for one of the more popular Nostr server implementations.
The one I chose that I linked in my note above is not as fully featured and a little more esoteric but I like Clojure and I'm just running it for fun.
There is no specific reason or advantage to use my relay. As far as current use cases in the wild the only reasons to use a particular relay are for geographically near you for low latency and/or finding a relay that has more capacity, lower utilization etc.
I’ve added to my collection. I’d love to hear what it’s like running a relay. How long did it take.
