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So a client is a relay between relays? 😀😯🤦

The distinction of client and relay as different roles in an asymmetric communication scenario is nuts.

Decentralized systems only have one type of node: Peers. Every communication is peer-to-peer and symmetrical.

Why not start there if you want to fix things. You complain about developers having a "centralized" mindset yet your notion of a "client" absolutely implies centralization.
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Vitor Pamplona 1y ago

Changing naming conventions doesn't fix anything. A relay is still a relay even if you call it peer.

But in Nostr, peer is not a good name. Clients and Relays connect with each other, sure, but they are not "peers". Relays can't pull information from clients. They can't simply reverse roles.

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Raymon 1y ago

Think that's getting too generic. Nostr ends up as any other cloud storage... with a super generic application protocol on the data. But maybe that's the way - don't know.

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frphank 1y ago

Yeah nah you can implement the protocol symmetrically and then the "client" can choose to not supply any data when queried.

This false dichotomy is absolutely throwing a spanner in the works of nostr 's decentralization efforts.