So it's like an unposted boost or something? 🤔
Discussion
Yep ✅.
Idea is that when commenting or boosting clients rebroadcast so your followers can see what you are interacting with, but the rebroadcast function could be its own thing and pokes at decentralizing notes flowing through the relays
i see, i think lol
these devs think of everything, don't they
Yea I like to rebroadcast notes I think are important to ensure they exist on even more relays. It simply pushes that existing note/event out to your connected relays to make it visible to more users.
A note is just a packet of JSON (sort of) that is cryptographically signed. It can exist anywhere - when it’s first published it only exists in the publishers relays and maybe a local cache. Rebroadcasting sends a copy of it to any relays you are connected to that might not have it - if they already have it they will just ignore. Some relays also sync amongst themselves. It’s almost easier to think of a nostr event and its presence on a relay as two completely distinct things.