Oddbean

Excellent point, sustaining relays has been something I spend a lot of time thinking about and worrying on… but I can’t really disagree with what Lyn points out either. 🤔🤔 nostr:note13mafrevjutgwwqdjtjw7tp99cq0jpu20snzcaqa0d2e5ceqhvevskpgzh3

Make clients that auto switch relays? Make temporary relays that auto expire? Relay mixers/randomizers? Let personalized AI choose the best option to broadcast so there is no single throat to choke at any given point in time? Let this relay code live inside of a bitcoin block?

I think… Nostr needs an ad mechanism that pays individuals directly for when they view an ad. With the ability to turn it on or off. This way, people who have no funds, can receive payment for their time and attention to ad’s - something advertisers want and need to pay for. In return, users can afford to pay for reliable relay access. Which means, there needs to be a mechanism built into the web of trust that toggles on and off advertisements that are paying.

I don’t think it’s been formalized, and it would probably be a great opportunity for anyone who did, but @Blockstream and others have had really successful little campaigns and announcements by running around and zapping everyone sats with their announcement attached.

Interesting. That may be the way of things, maybe allow individual who want to receive these adverts to publish a tag to their profiles, so advertisers can do it programmatically, Maybe filter users based on last post activity. So old accounts with little to no history don’t suck up advertising dollars for nothing. & active people actually see the adverts.

It's nice and reassuring that people like Guy Swann are spending time worrying about these things, so that normies, who may never know, don't have to 🤝 nostr:note1qksjyd2zfqjx95wfc0jpm28zfkyemzm45pnwt466s20ls6drzdesezf3l0

You have an incentive to run your own relay, to ensure your own content doesn’t disappear, to ensure you get the best content etc. In the #protocolSociety you have an incentive to not be owned by someone else, because it’s actually possible.