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 How does the private relay work (as a non-dev)? 
 It only allows you (or anyone on your NIP05 domains) to post, but anyone to read 
 Got it. Is there any way to configure a relay so that only “approved” npubs (or users with a given NIP-05 domain) can read, as well? 
 I can add that feature if you want it 
 Definitely interested! Questions:

1) is this a hosted relay service that a company or group can purchase from you? Or are you publishing how to do it for those who wish to set up their own?

2) if the former, is this something that’s already available? I was involved a conversation recently about exactly this - thus my questions

3) how secure/private would the relay’s content be? Would it basically depend on the relay-operator maintaining best practices, or […]?

4) am I picturing this correctly: nostr users who have “company access” would add this relay, and then see their business content in their go-to Nostr clients’ Following feeds?

5) A more general question, but I’m m wondering… are there any clients yet that allow you to filter your following feed by relay? I’m envisioning a client that effectively replaces sms, email, slack, social, all at once, where you could simply filter to the relay that serves the specific type of content you’re looking for… and perhaps could even display different UX for different relays. Maybe this is “communities”? Haven’t tested 🤔

I mean shit if this doesn’t exist it sounds incredibly promising. I’m starting to wish I could code and literally go build it now, because I really want to see this in action 🤯🫠 
 #asknostr