Nostr Web Client

I think major clients should have their own proper local databases.

It would greatly enhance the user experience, smooth feed and more reliability.

This would also reduce internet and battery usage, as notes and other stuff wouldn't need to be fetched every time also resulting in a smooth feed.

A local database is also the best personal realtime backup anyone can have. It can also keep your relay data up-to-date.

Good Local Database can improve all these things without any external server!

I hope nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s is still working on it 🤞

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mattybs 2y ago

Wouldn't that just be a relay?

iefan 🕊️ 2y ago

Yeah but in your local storage. You can also turn clients into relays. That would be interesting 😂

atyh 2y ago

everyone assumes unlimited data in the upperclass first world.

iefan 🕊️ 2y ago

Exactly 💯

RealJohnDoe 2y ago

Interesting..🤔

elsat 2y ago

👀

SMS 2y ago

What’s that nostr:npub1ezw0xm0w52rd4yfdg9zlw9qvwdy46alzelklkefptrd203m37tuq4djmeg ?

Not enough “functionality” like any kind of data storage.

signal_and_rage 2y ago

the dude won’t stop talking about it :)

iefan 🕊️ 2y ago

After that we will truly have a full control over your data & so much more, I can understand why he is so excited. 😂😂

Sirius 2y ago

Most clients do have databases, but there's no standard way to say "I already have these events, don't send them".

Sirius 2y ago

how about filter { not: { ids: [ ... ] } }

rabble 2y ago

We’ve got a local db in nostr:npub1pu3vqm4vzqpxsnhuc684dp2qaq6z69sf65yte4p39spcucv5lzmqswtfch, it works well. There is an issue where we can’t tell relays which events we don’t want. If we used the strfry syncing protocol then we could efficiently only request a subset of events.

What scuttlebutt does is use a signature chain which lets you request messages with id over x sequence number.

iefan 🕊️ 2y ago

I believe Will is also working on a strfry based database. I hope that it works. It will be a game changer.

Tess 2y ago

Make sense! kup thanks.