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Agree. Working on a closed-source client and I am essentially adding a REST API between the client and relays.
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MichaelJ 1y ago

This is just one data point, but anecdotally, it seems that the WebSocket dependence is a major pain point in the Nostr protocol.

If anyone knows, I'm curious to hear why WebSockets are the technology of choice.

I think future development work ought to consider how to ease this friction to improve the client development process.

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liminal 🦠 1y ago

Think its related with framing kind1 microblogging as the primary use case and wanting real time updating.

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MichaelJ 1y ago

Fair point. If you need to receive new events as soon as they come in, a WebSocket connection is pretty handy.