Oddbean new post about login | logout Thank you SO much for this explanation! I want to start up a private relay and I’ve been really concerned about the “best” way to implement E2EE DMs. Looking forward to reading the next DM NIP that implements this.
This is the new DM I am working on: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/686 and it is available on Amethyst right now. It tries to be as private as possible without having to have an AUTHed relay. I would argue that in extreme privacy implementations it could be more private than SimpleX. A client can have a DVM to connect to receiving relays for users and not leak your device's IP that would allow for some correlation even if everything is encrypted. nostr:nprofile1qqsrmpp2lmx4u2fl9zmxy7fnwp9rlwxwz5a2j8tep2c376n494z2gtgpzamhxue69uhkjmnzdauzumn0wd68ytnhd9hx2tcprpmhxue69uhkxetvd3shytnwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0qyghwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnhd9hx2tcwamxyd has a very good start with inbox.nostr.wine. The way to see the relay is as a mail box for the user. The user is paying for the relay to receive and store any event that `p`-tags the user. They might be spam or real messages. It's not the relay's job to decide which is which. It's the user's job (via a good client that helps you manage your inbox) to delete things that are spam and clean up their account with the relay from time to time.