balas on Nostr: it is possible but not advised as the nostr protocol is geared towards text, so ...
it is possible but not advised as the nostr protocol is geared towards text, so sending images in base64 is very inneficient, and most relays have a per event size limit, it's better to use proper file formats and link to those instead, or, use torrents as it looks like a good way for nostr to handle files in a decentralised way
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2023-01-15 16:06:40Event JSON
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