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Another day, another bitcoiner who’s bearish on nostr. Why? Because relays, because websockets, because DID is architecturally more interesting.

Work to do, nostriches.
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<old>cypherhoodlum 2y ago

What's to be bearish on relays?

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Shawn 2y ago

The (fair, I think) criticism that they could trend toward few, vertically scaled relays because of insufficient economic incentive, thereby eroding decentralization.

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<old>cypherhoodlum 2y ago

But then again with umbrels and what not it's becoming so easy to spin up a relay alongside all the other self-hosted tools people use. And loss of data needs only happen once for people to realise they probably should run a relay if at all able.

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Shawn 2y ago

I agree. It’s why I’m bullish.