TheGuySwann on Nostr: Excellent point, sustaining relays has been something I spend a lot of time thinking ...

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.

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I think it’s important to analyze the questions. For an ecosystem to be successful, it has to be both technically sound and sufficiently incentivized, either economically or ethically.

In my opinion based on what I’ve seen and analyzed, Nostr relays will likely continue to be well-incentivized.

But I don’t fault people from exploring the questions as they seek to understand the protocol and potentially build a conviction about it. Instead I would only criticize those that start out with a negative conclusion before they explore the facts, and think in perpetually Malthusian ways about its prospects.

The fact that the protocol has bootstrapped to this significant degree for this significant duration, is already a rather positive sign. Too many people theorycraft rather than just observe what works, observe what fails, and keep iterating. Lean into what works. And so far, Nostr works.

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