Anyone interested in this needs to know that you can do this with Holepunch: https://holesail.io/
nostr:note12vy8lmphxyfd7np7t503k8fzs3em2h6szfwad0fkgr6prjkjuhxsddyprj
Huge milestone: First demo of Nostr Web Services (NWS) bringing TCP to Nostr. With NWS, you can host any existing web application on Nostr without having to use DNS or even announce your public IP to the world, simply by sharing your service's npub (or nprofile).
Try it out the demo yourself. Here is a Cashu test mint running with NWS. Let's use curl to retrieve the mint's information. The request travels from your computer to the public NWS entry relay, then through nostr to the service's NWS exit relay. At the other end is a Cashu mint with HTTPS encryption.
```
curl -s -x socks5h://relay.8333.space:8882 https://nprofile1qqs8a8nk09fhrxylcd42haz8ev4cprhnk5egntvs0whafvaaxpk8plgpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuwpnxvejuumsv93k2g6k9kr/v1/info --insecure | jq
```
I can't stress this enough: THE MINT RUNS BEHIND HTTPS!
The NWS entry relay can't read your traffic. It's encrypted. We can host public entry relays that can be used by anyone.
This means we can plug the entire internet to it 🌐.
Let's plug it into Cashu for now. Nutshell wallet supports socks5 proxies (that's how it uses Tor). By setting the public entry relay as the proxy, the wallet can now connect to a mint's npub/nprofile and communicate with it via NWS.
This is going to be so freaking cool. And it's going to be a lot more useful than just for Cashu. There are still bugs and issues that need to be ironed out but the code is coming out soon. Watch this space.
Discussion
Wat mean in plain engrish?
Direct peer to peer connection between your device and another device.
Meaning you can set up a jump server that is exposed on a domain using Holesail, and without the issues that stem from NWS.
The founder of Holesail, nostr:npub1h5t3asu90f2x48rxtcqkjvwhza7m6kngs7vjyanx8xqyswc6es2s4645z5, has a more detailed critique.
https://primal.net/e/note1hm3gszzm4kd2qp5wz3003drg3qmawa9flv6m27qa4ctp8mrrwqkq0jllw3
This should explain it
Still confused
How would I explain to my mom ?
Instead of using central servers to expose your self-hosted stuff, you can use Holesail to do the same, and it all connects peer to peer; there is no third party in between.
+ There is no public URL like a domain, so hackers can not find you. Only the person you choose to share the connection with can find you and connect to you.