Nostr Web Client

What about rentable ASICs? In other words, a client would call a DVM or http endpoint to get the PoW from a provider, then publish it. Another idea I've had but can't really evaluate is proof of burn. This anchors work to real value without requiring the payment to actually go anywhere.

I do think the ideal solution would be something like reverse-zaps, where an author spends a certain amount of real value to publish their post, and people who interact with it automatically get paid some small portion of that value. I'm not sure this couldn't be gamed by bots though, and would require a custodial service to hold/disburse the sats.

mleku 2y ago

you see... the network does ultimately have to make a cost for publishing.

i think penultimately downloading content will need this too. requesting content from relays can become a DoS vector.

it was my first reaction to the whole thing in the first place "spam party"...

there is people working on ways to do this on a fully trustless basis over LN but i am betting on my own solution, which is indra, which enables paywalling for in- and out-bound traffic into the network, and uses microtransactions and tiny prepaid sessions. the side benefit of indra is privacy, so i think that since privacy helps security it has the best cost/benefit ratio.

just wish i could dedicate the time and effort to work on it, and that probably means courting investors first of all, neither of which i have as a luxury right now.

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hodlbod 2y ago

Send me a link, it sounds interesting

mleku 2y ago

https://github.com/indra-labs/indra

i haven't done anything on it because i need to prioritise getting a steady income right now, the period of sponsorship to develop it evaporated last month, a month sooner than i expected.