Nostr Web Client

Introducing: Aegis Relay

Incentiving Decentralization

Aegis Relay is a premium relay and blossom server in one that anyone can run to earn revenue for operating it.

By having significantly more blossom servers available, we will strengthen the network and ensure our file storage is more distributed.

Subscription payments are powered by the Bitvora lightning API, no code, no node management or KYC is required, you can be up and running in minutes.

Written in Go and powered by LMDB, it is the fastest subscription relay software in the ecosystem today and can run on just 1 core and 1 gig of ram.

To see it in action, you can subscribe to my relay here: https://aegis.utxo.one

To run your own relay and start earning, checkout the GitHub repo here: https://github.com/bitvora/aegis

Look forward to hearing your feedback! As is nostr tradition, this is early beta software so please report any bugs to me directly!

Derek Ross 1y ago 💬 23

The Aegis relay is a nice developmental addition to the Nostr relay ecosystem. We haven't had a new paid relay platform launch in almost two years. Aegis will fill a nice gap for those that want to run paid relays on their own server, with their own domain, but also are not experienced developers or overly familiar with the command line. Plus, with the addition of file hosting support, this could be a nice package for onboarding new users.

And speaking of being sovereign, for those of us that run our own Lightning nodes, it would be nice to have a future version with LND support, LNbits support, etc.

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QW 1y ago

Technically primal premium relay launch is a paid relay.

Derek Ross 1y ago

It's not a platform like Nostream (and now Aegis) where I can run my own paid relay.

QW 1y ago

Got it!

utxo the webmaster 🧑‍💻 1y ago

RUN YOUR OWN PREMIUM RELAY SIR

SDP 1y ago

What's the recommended server size?

utxo the webmaster 🧑‍💻 1y ago

Start small then scale up as you get more users

SDP 1y ago

Guess I can start using it as a personal relay and then open up as I gain confidence in operating it.

QW 1y ago

I might be spinning one up for OxChat on a separate npub. My way of private TG.

Or is this not a good vision?

Derek Ross 1y ago

For a paid relay?

I dunno what you're trying to do, but you could run a Fren relay, with an npub that only follows your required group of people.

https://github.com/bitvora/fren-relay

Derek Ross 1y ago

Though, this relay might be dead. No new updates in 4 months? nostr:npub1utx00neqgqln72j22kej3ux7803c2k986henvvha4thuwfkper4s7r50e8 plz update 😩

fiatjaf 1y ago

No updates means it works. Why update?

Derek Ross 1y ago

As a haven and wot-relay user, I've seen plenty of updates for these and would just assume that fren also would need fixes? You have had updates to khatru and eventstore that this uses.

utxo the webmaster 🧑‍💻 1y ago

Works mint, no updates needed 🧑‍💻

Derek Ross 1y ago

🧐

fiatjaf 1y ago

Yes, but that doesn't mean the updates are necessary, they may be improvements, they may be introducing new bugs.

QW 1y ago

I’m probably spinning one on my start9 just for OxChat but we start to see the importance of different relays as different client use cases are introduced.

Decentralization for the win.

Derek Ross 1y ago

Oh I believe I understand now. You mean as your personal relay for your chats?

QW 1y ago

Yeah. Sorry I crossed some wires in my responses.

hit with a hint of s 1y ago

It would not really run over onion, would it?

Not with blossom

Not if clients don’t talk tor

Bfgreen 1y ago

I’m very temped to set up an Aegis server to help the Nostr ecosystem. What I don’t understand is why anyone would pay me to use my Aegis server? What’s in it for an average Nostr user? Asking from a learning perspective and to hopefully help others like me understand the “why”. How do an average user benefit from paying for use of a premium relay?

Derek Ross 1y ago

Policies. Maybe your relay keeps all notes and events for 5 years? Maybe forever as long as they're paying? Speed, uptime, geographic location?

Bfgreen 1y ago

Thanks. That makes more sense. So there should be specific policies my server offers that folks may want. Now me wonders what the top features users would want of a relay. A lot of responsibly in offering a paid service and guaranteeing services.

Varangos ☦ 1y ago

Great timing! I'm setting up a home server even as I type this!