I spend about $100 a month, every month, and have for the past couple of years on Nostr relays and application servers. I don't ask for donations. It's costly. However, it's more costly to *not* contribute to Nostr's future. Freedom isn't free.
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You’re ahead of me, I spend about $50 a month:
A free speech hero. Thank you, Derek. 🫡
#grownostr
Start #bitcoining
It may not be FREE ,
But we do it for #freedom
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why don't you ask for donations?
I don't like asking for donations. I'd rather create content and talk about what I'm building instead. Value for value.
I agree with Derek on this. If you can’t engage and earn ,keep delivering better content . Don’t lower value by begging.
Instead build with Derek, great point. Who measures when donations are enough, Bitcoin is scarce
Providing coverage is more important if they choose to do so it should be part of their self discipline not my suggestion
thank God I'm still earning 😭 guess I'm delivering exactly that . 🤙🏾 😂
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Aunque no quieras donaciones te zapeamos igual leyend 🫡
I wish I knew how to spend that much per month on realys !
It depends on the size and the type of the relay you want to run.
We all gotta have our vices lol
Asking isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Some people are willing to give V4V once they know what’s going on behind the scenes.
Thank you Derek, I appreciate all your contributions to a network protocol I can just use! Hopefully my zaps help cover the cost of me using your relays (I assume someway or another I do) 🚁😁
GOAT 🐐
Unfortunately I do need to ask for donations for the first win my life, thanks the fraud of insurance companies, please check out my geyser 🙏🏻 it’s for my son, we have a few hours left to launch the fundraiser🙏🏻
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Legend 🫡
Thank you for your service 🫡
and holy fat zap from nostr:nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtcprpmhxue69uhkv6tvw3jhytnwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0qqs9h6uxrgkh7clu49p5fumt98hxpcl6eq5zckt0ukczwmwczaq7qws94pkx2 🔥
this is what #Nostr is all about.
technically freedom is free because you are providing the service for free
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How rich are you ?
More self deployed relays will help, it doesn't have to online 24hours. Just start a relay on your phone over tor network to host your content and your friends will help alot. And it costs zero if you connect through Wifi.
He good. 👍
True stud horse
Thanks for everything you do 🫡
Freedom is earned not given 🧡🗽💜
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The things that are free are the most expensive …I am still amused how many ppl signing up for whatever freebies by giving away their personal data..