small relays only?


Keep things decentralized.


With high latency


Six sigma design. Make it work well for the worst scenarios


Oh here we go, can't wait to read "Relay size wars" soon.


How does one keep them small? Run our own?


I like big relays and I can't deny...


Big relays create centralization

Centralization creates small relays

Small relays create decentralization

Decentralization creates big relays


Let the free market decide. 🤙🏻


A diverse set of relays to read from leads to smaller relays because everyone won’t be writing to the same relays, but only connecting to smaller relays doesn’t lead to this benefit.

One thing leads to another…


Why_not_both.gif 🤷


Relays should be chosen for a reason. With blastr around, that's hard because it levels everything. A mix of hubs and archival/private/authenticated relays seems to make sense to support multiple use cases.


That’s when we run into the problem of incomplete threads and inability to read why people tagged you and what they were replying to. 🐶🐾😭


Gossip and relay hints would go a long way toward fixing this, but because we have a blastr band aid, no one thinks those are important. Not to mention the need to really fix this problem through indexing services.


Yes 100% -- i believe DECENTRALIZE is philosophy that u envisioned since learning from political pressure exerted when u were captain of blue birdapp - Having handful platform and/or relays admin ONLY  means same headache back on shoulders of those admins. there r many great relay operators  who are to be admired - at the same time axe should not fall in their heads when push to come to shove by policymakers


literally does not matter other than data collection. miners care about the size of the pool. open source policy people do not. ai moves freely and the human use of relay is totally not related.


No, we need a fridge that automatically relays the notes on the fridge magnets. Big or small.


I’m sooooo lost


Yes. Start by removing big ones may be? That’s the BCP every one should attempt every now and then.


small relays only?


#RelaySizeWars 🤙

I think small, but a mass like a swarm of bees


Run your own relays?


jack dorsey and hamstercoin

https://m.primal.net/HlOt.jpg


so small that we all have one
like a peer on keet


Someone explain for the rookies 🤦🏾♂


Onward 🫡


I have thought that a possible end state of nostr is that there will be some small relays and some large ones. In theory you would have participants who never, in their lifetime, are aware of other groups. Except for a few black sheep who are curious about other groups maybe.

This is part of the beauty of NOSTR, is that it mimics the natural organization of peoples and cultures. It empowers groups to be what they are, with their own norms and taboos.

https://image.nostr.build/e491cc71ee412b272e0ef3cf00248eacd96051e6934597580dd9283c1507159f.jpg