Heads up for #nostr. On reddit the most commonly asked question about using nostr is information changes. Most new users have issues understanding relays. If you have any videos/articles on this subject let me know so I can post it there
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I love that you’re sharing the wealth! #[2] #[3] #[4] may have some on deck
I now use my other socials to on board new nostr users and note info here. But I only find myself interacting on nostr 💜
The simplest way I’ve explained relays to myself is that relays are very similar to telephone companies like vodafone, verizon, t-mobile etc.
You need a telco to receive and send info to the nostr network.
A couple differences between nostr relays to telcos: you can and most use more than one telco, and it is possible that you and another nostrich on the nostr network have no telcos in common, making communication difficult, or not possible!
Oh telephone company. I thought this was a tech word I didn’t know 😂
Following for more info. I no real idea about what ones to use but understand there purpose, I am on iris and am using the basic that were preset plus nostr.wine. Happy for any suggestions
i found this https://nostr.watch/relays/find im still not sure how many is a good amount. I did find that you can set some preferred ones in nos2x. Also the best thing I found was in the iris settings you can set relays public and it pushes them to other clients. Plus I screen shot my list in case of some catastrophic failure. 😂
Filter.nostr.wine is probably one of the best paid relays. When you connect to it, it is able to also send your note to a bunch of other relays on your behalf. It increases your reach while simultaneously decreases battery usage since you can remove the duplicate relays.
TLDR: read the whole thing and get educated
Real TLDR: A relay sends notes (tweets) from one user to the next. It literally "relays" your notes.
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Put simply, relays serve as hubs to push notes from one user to another.
When you post a note, your app sends that note to all the relays you're connected to. Each relay then sends that note to all the other users that are also connected to that relay.
A relay does exactly as the name suggests, it relays notes from one user to another.
Relays are usually denoted as wss://example.nostr.relay
Sort of like a https://www .website.com but instead of https:// it uses wss://
You can add as many relays as you want but the more you add the more battery power your app will consume.
Some relays are paid relays (you must pay to connect) and others are free. Typically paid relays will filter spam for you. Relays have the ability to filter the type of content they send out.
Hope that's helpful!
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This is good. Ive spent years translating Developer to English. I can use this
TLDR: read the whole thing and get educated
Real TLDR: A relay sends notes (tweets) from one user to the next. It literally "relays" your notes.
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Put simply, relays serve as hubs to push notes from one user to another.
When you post a note, your app sends that note to all the relays you're connected to. Each relay then sends that note to all the other users that are also connected to that relay.
A relay does exactly as the name suggests, it relays notes from one user to another.
Relays are usually denoted as wss://example.nostr.relay
Sort of like a https://www .website.com but instead of https:// it uses wss://
You can add as many relays as you want but the more you add the more battery power your app will consume.
Some relays are paid relays (you must pay to connect) and others are free. Typically paid relays will filter spam for you. Relays have the ability to filter the type of content they send out.
Hope that's helpful!