Nostr Web Client

That does not match the behavior description under General Relays. Outbox/Home relays are where your events are supposed to be published.

Anthony Accioly 1y ago

I know, it wasn't initially clear to me either. nostr:npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424 and nostr:npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z had to break it down into simple / small words for me, and I'm still not sure I fully understand it (so take what I'm saying with a grain of salt).

Apparently, it works like this because the "Mailbox" model is a relatively new concept, and not all clients support it. General relays is the "old school" Nostr way.

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Vitor Pamplona 1y ago

Yeah, It has been hard to explain this well in that short text in ways that anyone could understand.

Outbox does receive your posts. But that's irrelevant. The reason that list exists is to let your followers know where to get it. The app will send to other relays as well, but your followers should use the Outbox list to get your posts.

And yes, the General relays only exist because of the old model. My current thinking is to add Tor so that the app can connect to random relays out there to download posts via Tor (so they don't track you). Meanwhile, the app uses the General List as the "authorized relays" to connect to and download posts.