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bitcoiner7 nym | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 Thank you
I have just added it to my relays list on Amethyst
Looks green
That's it, right?

If I wanted to run my own relay, to support the NOSTR network, what are the hardware requirements?

Will a cheap VPS for $5 a month do?
Like 1CPU, 1GB RAM?

Or something more powerful if needed? 

Just curious, please let me know
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splinter | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +5 
 Nice! Yes that's all you need to do, Amethyst should start using it now.

I run strfry, it feels very light on resources: https://github.com/hoytech/strfry

My relay has been mostly idle until now so hard to say what it will look like once more people use it, but so far it needed very little resources: 

https://cdn.satellite.earth/7da1a092d4a569a0e3fe294c257fd36a9c3a871f4467af464a6d524ecd82af4a.png

https://cdn.satellite.earth/536ec31bd672246bf0153f50ed97f42251873a5aa76fea5f8a0817a7194dfa23.png

Ignore the CPU spike as that's a CRON job that updates strfry to the latest build.

Based on this I'd say 1CPU/1GB RAM is probably OK, maybe 2GB of RAM to be more comfortable.
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bitcoiner7 nym | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Thank you
I guess I'll experiment on weekend
If my relay is up, I will let you know
Well, I guess I also need a domain and a static IP address...
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splinter | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Sounds good! Yes those are definitely also requirements... If you've got a decent internet connection and a static IP at home, you could self host.
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RealJohnDoe | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 You don't have to have a static IP. You can use a dyndns..🙂