Local host is only for long term archive storage, i.e. you download the video you want to keep to your local hard drive.
Hosting is done on blossom servers, i.e. it the same technology that host normal media content on NOSTR. Your local host uploads the content on request.
Currently it works because traffic on NOSTR is low. In the medium term we need micro payments for storage and maybe even for watching.
Someone else has to build that. Are there good download tools for Spotify and the like?
We rather use the NOSTR native technology: Blossom
https://github.com/hzrd149/blossom
Soon payment for storage will be supported and then we have better incentives than IPFS.
It's a lot of different uses that's what makes it a bit confusing:
1. People download their favourite videos to have a self sovereign archive on their hard drives.
2. They can offer their archives to others (published on NOSTR)
3. Since it's would be costly to host all those videos online, people can request videos on demand.
We still have a lot to figure out, though 🙏
Thanks for the mention nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc 💜
We rely on blossom servers for storage, i.e. those servers could trace the IP of the uploader. It is recommended to use a VPN for uploading.
But you are right - since the request for a video can be sent to a NOSTR relay anonymously, it's harder to trace IPs.
Maybe ... let's find out. We have some ways to go, though.
IPFS has the problem that tries to build a global directory / global state - which does not scale. The blossom servers are much simpler and we can just use NOSTR as a discovery network.
As soon as we have payments for hosting, people will hopefully host more storage services.
Currently there is no approval. The video get's posted by the archive service (under it's npub) and it needs to be online to fulfill the recovery request.
We are currently experimenting with mirroring the videos between different novia instances, so other can fulfill the request as well.
For all of this to work properly we need to integrate payments for people to be incentivised to host videos.
We are excited to share this intro video with you. Bringing video archives to NOSTR. There are still a lot of rough edges but we are looking forward to your feedback.
https://blossom.primal.net/9a217f49ba3c4313e7c49f7a9e22bdc8fa8ee24a3713d06dfe621c75d0b66ed1.mp4
We have a lot of the building blocks to replace the large video platforms. It's just a matter of time since we've put it all together and improve the experience! #grownostr #nostrdev