ive successfully set up nostrudel and amethyst with 2 test npubs using only one relay to talk to each other and it does not seem to bleed other relays content into the test. in my experience for what its worth.
there is a really big problem brewing in #nostr
there is no client to test a relay with
the clients all have logic to try other relays all the time for whatever reasons
the clients don't show clear information about the status of connections with relays
the clients for whatever reason decline to send messages to the relays
i set up three users all connected to one relay and have them all follow each other and nothing comes up on the #coracle feed page, though i can copy the links to the posts each one makes and see them in the others
how can i test that my relay works if the client assumes it can't rely on one relay to see events?
i tried to talk some sense into nostr:nprofile1qy08wumn8ghj7mn0wd68yttsw43zuam9d3kx7unyv4ezumn9wshsz8mhwden5te0dehhxarj94ex2mrp0yhxummtda6xzun09e3k7mf0qythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wvfskuep0qqswuyd9ml6qcxd92h6pleptfrcqucvvjy39vg4wx7mv9wm8kakyujgw3tmmj about this, about how his gossip client refuses to respect any kind of settings for choice of relays and nostr:nprofile1qyfhwumn8ghj7mmxve3ksctfdch8qatz9uqsuamnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dshszxthwden5te0dphkgmrzdajzumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6tcqyztuwzjyxe4x2dwpgken87tna2rdlhpd02va5cvvgrrywpddnr3jyhdw0my 's client is almost good with NIP-42 but fails because it's running off on its own picking relays to talk to
EVEN WHEN I HAVE SET ONLY ONE AND SET ONLY ONE IN FORCE_RELAYS
there is no way to test a relay standalone in this entire ecosystem right now
you can't be sure your relay is working, it's not possible to be sure it's working, the client doesn't let you be sure, none of them
if anyone knows of a client that does, i'm all ears but at this point it looks to me like i'm going to be building a basic CLI client so i can at least depend on it NOT ASKNIG THE WHOLD YFIVGLU LDKjfa;sidjf;aisdjhf;aiklshdjf;akljhdf;ajkhsdf;jkahsdf
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nostrudel works great, this is fine
i only wish it had an option to automatically decrypt DMs, it's my new test rig, i need to be able to demo the relay actually working