ESPN on Nostr: In my opinion, paid relays are gate keepers, if you are advocating them, you are not ...
In my opinion, paid relays are gate keepers, if you are advocating them, you are not understanding what this tech is about, go to twitter.
And if you believe that is the only way this platform is going to succeed... I will say you not only don't get it, you are part of the problem. As I run my own node, I run my own relay, which will evolve in features allowing me to add filters among other perks. The most people run relays, the more decentralized and censor resistance #NOSTR will be
As we educate the masses on "not your keys, not your coins", we should educate them as well on "not your relay, not your data, no freedom of speech"
Learn more about relays, and I suggest you stay away from paid relays as a filthy virus working slowly to penetrate the community and control it, by censoring what the "relays owners" believe you should read, watch and believe. As Twitter is doing right now.
Soon, as with PiHole, there will be community generated and updated filter list that we will be able to implement in our own relays and as well in the front apps itself as features
Clearly, few greedy elements of the community plus few bad apples will try to monetize big on the protocol instead to push for decentralization and user control, in my opinion, they are the enemy within
Since you got here, it means you care about the subject, so few perks for you:
Sites to monitor relays:
https://nostr.watch/relays/find
https://stats.nostr.band/#daily_active_users
Site with instructions to install your own Bitcoin Node, Electrum server, LN Channels, PieHole, Tailscale VPN and your NOSTR Relay:
Build it yourself (millions have done it, if you put your mind to it you can do it too, it will be fun, give it a try!):
https://umbrel.com/
or
Buy it, out of the box ready:
https://start9.com/
Fix the #Money, Fix the world
#Bitcoin
And if you believe that is the only way this platform is going to succeed... I will say you not only don't get it, you are part of the problem. As I run my own node, I run my own relay, which will evolve in features allowing me to add filters among other perks. The most people run relays, the more decentralized and censor resistance #NOSTR will be
As we educate the masses on "not your keys, not your coins", we should educate them as well on "not your relay, not your data, no freedom of speech"
Learn more about relays, and I suggest you stay away from paid relays as a filthy virus working slowly to penetrate the community and control it, by censoring what the "relays owners" believe you should read, watch and believe. As Twitter is doing right now.
Soon, as with PiHole, there will be community generated and updated filter list that we will be able to implement in our own relays and as well in the front apps itself as features
Clearly, few greedy elements of the community plus few bad apples will try to monetize big on the protocol instead to push for decentralization and user control, in my opinion, they are the enemy within
Since you got here, it means you care about the subject, so few perks for you:
Sites to monitor relays:
https://nostr.watch/relays/find
https://stats.nostr.band/#daily_active_users
Site with instructions to install your own Bitcoin Node, Electrum server, LN Channels, PieHole, Tailscale VPN and your NOSTR Relay:
Build it yourself (millions have done it, if you put your mind to it you can do it too, it will be fun, give it a try!):
https://umbrel.com/
or
Buy it, out of the box ready:
https://start9.com/
Fix the #Money, Fix the world
#Bitcoin