Nostr is amazing, but it still relies on centralized DNS to connect to relays rather than DNS being optional. You mentioned a while ago that you were considering a P2P layer for Amethyst. What about 1st implementing a simpler solution which 1. Allows for connecting to relays by IP address & port number, & 2. Sets a standard for relays to broadcast their IP address & port number to other relays so that they can be found by clients? Relays would, of course, broadcast this information to other relays that do use DNS & to those that don't for maximum discoverability.

That would make running relays simpler since relay operators wouldn't need to set up domains. Domain registration is privacy invasive, costs money, & adds a hurdle to setting up a relay which I think is a significant hurdle to Nostr adoption. It would also get rid of the single biggest censorship weakness of Nostr & could be a simple, gradually adopted standard since it's backwards compatible with current Nostr architecture.

Imagine anyone being able to freely set up their own relay in minutes by downloading a relay, broadcasting their IP address & port number, then telling their friends to add their relay to their client's relay list? It would help a lot in getting more people onboarded to Nostr, I think.