StevenB on Nostr: Yeah, feeds aren't stored across a centralized server, they're stored on thousands of ...

Yeah, feeds aren't stored across a centralized server, they're stored on thousands of servers all over the world. You could have a podcast feed on an Raspberry Pi in your closet. The index doesn't store the feed, it points to the location of the feed. It's like a phone book for feeds. It lets you look up where to find the actual feed on the internet.

So, even if you info was on a relay instead of a server (relays and servers are very similar, both transmit and store data, just a different delivery mechanism), you still have the problem of how does anyone find your info. If you're doing a podcast on Ford Pintos, and they don't know you, how do they find you? That's what an Index is for.