Yes, but this is a proof of concept. There is currently my DVM and that relies fully on nostr.band (and a second version that gives up to 150 results from a year ago, also from nostr.band). The intention is that anyone can run a DVM and improve results further :). The page collects all events it gets.
In terms of relay hints, please feel free: :)
https://github.com/nostr-protocol/data-vending-machines/blob/master/kinds/5302.md
Thinking about this a bit more today and have a few questions.
In an ideal future, who do we expect to run the search DVMs? If it’s aggregators, I’d assume the relay hint would always be their own relay since they may not store the original source relay of the event and do not know if it’s even still available there. If it’s individual relays operating the DVMs, why not just use NIP-50 where the full events can be returned in one REQ?
I think it will depend on how many relays we have. If we go for thousands or millions of relays, then I do believe DVM service will be needed.
