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Im a fan of blossom too. Though conent addressable files on servers is not a new idea. One slight issue is that it pollutes the name space, because not every storage provider wants to, or can, put files in the root of public_html. I dont think it's a good idea to distribute blobs via relays, because they are too big. Better to use references, imho.
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Sebastix 1y ago

In the current spec those blobs are not stored on relays perse right? I'm running a Blossom mediaserver instance which is not a Nostr relay. Just to be clear, with distribution I didn't meant the blobs has to be stored on relays. I agree that's a bad idea for many reasons. With the distribution I mean the the transmitting / advertising part of Nostr events (kind 10063) referencing the servers where your blobs are stored :)

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Melvin Carvalho 1y ago

Gotcha. Yes that's fine. I'd possibly think of that as discovery. Sorry for the confusion. All good.

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Sebastix 1y ago

Semantics / naming things are always a struggle for me 😄 I also could name it syndicating / replicating 🤔