>as the relays store and propagate the messages through the network

Small (but important) correction: Nostr is not a federated protocol; relays don't talk to each other whatsoever. [0] Federation is unnecessary, because Nostr makes it extremely easy to post the same message to multiple relays.

[0] = https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nostr#how-does-nostr-work

orthzar

Bullish nostr, relays seem like a good trade of to allow many people to run clients (very light, not much data as all you need are your keys to find the messages associated to yourself) without having one central entity controlling all communication (like Twitter for example) as the relays store and propagate the messages through the network

nostr

Nostr decentralized social media -- "wow, this can work!" 🧵

cryptocoin

Bullish nostr, relays seem like a good trade of to allow many people to run clients (very light, not much data as all you need are your keys to find the messages associated to yourself) without having one central entity controlling all communication (like Twitter for example) as the relays store and propagate the messages through the network 