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This is just turning relays into a stupid DHT. Mazin's assumptions are ridiculous because no way in the real world someone will be following 1000 people each in a different relay, or even 2 per relay, or 5 relays. The average will much more likely be closer to 100 per relay. Most people will do just fine in big relays or relays that accept people from a certain group (remember the Bitcoin Mastodon server from nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8?).

Stop treating Nostr as a p2p network.

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someone 1y ago

So 10 big relays are better than current situation? How do you measure decentralization?

I think premium/freemium model will allow relays to specialize in providing certain services. Right now choosing the top free relays makes sense because they are no different, yet more popular. But having special freemium features for users can allow relays to differentiate and attract more users. Having an economy will allow more diverse set of features and actors within the game. A smaller relay can just copy the service but offer more cheaply and get noticed.

What do you think? Do u think premium/freemium for my relay will help Nostr as a whole in the end? I don't want the headache of freemium but if it helps Nostr, why not.

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