Anyone can truly run their own relay.

If Bob, your neighbor, is running a relay, then your Nostr client must be able to connect to that and ask: "give me Bob's posts".

Bob's relay doesn't need to know about anything else. You and your 3 other neighbors -- the only people who know Bob in the entire world -- shouldn't have to do anything special to have that experience.

Legend. 🙌🏼

I did a 10k zap ⚡️ yesterday which caused need for a wallet reload. No regrets. Fun times!

This is my best understanding of relays in general:

- Think of relays like databases users are reading and writing to constantly. You will only get data (users, posts, likes, etc.) from the relays you are connected to. Similarly, other users will only see your data if they are connected to the same relays as you.

- Choosing relays I'm still struggling with as well. Haven't found a source with info on what the relay's "focus" is to distinguish which one to connect to.

- Depending on your client there should be a "Settings" tab where you can add/remove relays and toggle them on/off.

- Your "Followers" list is just a conglomerate of people you have followed that are running at least 1 relay you share.

- Paid relays allow you access to everyone else that has also paid for access to that relay. This can be valuable in narrowing down your "Global" tab as that is only pulling data from all of the relays you're connected to. So if you're only connected to paid relays you will likely eliminate much of the spam posts as spam accounts likely aren't paying to join paid relays

Bring them inside it’s cold out there! 🤤🍽

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This is my best understanding of relays in general:

- Think of relays like databases users are reading and writing to constantly. You will only get data (users, posts, likes, etc.) from the relays you are connected to. Similarly, other users will only see your data if they are connected to the same relays as you.

- Choosing relays I'm still struggling with as well. Haven't found a source with info on what the relay's "focus" is to distinguish which one to connect to.

- Depending on your client there should be a "Settings" tab where you can add/remove relays and toggle them on/off.

- Your "Followers" list is just a conglomerate of people you have followed that are running at least 1 relay you share.

- Paid relays allow you access to everyone else that has also paid for access to that relay. This can be valuable in narrowing down your "Global" tab as that is only pulling data from all of the relays you're connected to. So if you're only connected to paid relays you will likely eliminate much of the spam posts as spam accounts likely aren't paying to join paid relays

I suggested this a long time ago. There are many other NIP proposals like this as well. Private DMs will come.

Still pensive from yesterday evenings a Nostr exchanges and my hand in amplifying someone that needs no further mention. Love to you always, #[0].

On a lighthearted note, Bluesky Beta Invites has been a topic on Nostr lately so I asked for them for you 💜 I’ve 12 to give, please feel welcome to DM me for next steps. My Bluesky contacts name is 🌹. <= did I just open source for the first time? 🤙🏽

Now that we finally have uncensored social media, I can get this off my chest:

Creed was a great band

✅💪

Can you drop me 1K lninvoice directly here on response?

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