Replying to zxcv

A decentralized network can still be spammed. I think nostr is extremely delicate rn.

I think we need to have all relays require payments ASAP, or they could be brought down by a script kiddie.
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Alexander 2y ago

I’m interested in #[6] thoughts on this. Can Nostr be DDoS:ed?

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zxcv 2y ago

Creating a new private key and publishing to a relay is trivial. What is stopping someone from creating 1,000,000 or more private keys publishing to relays listed on Nostr.watch? Running these realize is already very expensive and many of them are free to use. They might begin rate limiting certain private keys… are, but I think it would severely affect everyone’s experience.

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zxcv 2y ago

Maybe the word is “spammed into uselessness” instead of DDOS…