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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @byzantine 11h \ parent \ on: I’m Derek Ross, cofounder of the GNI and I focus on growing Nostr. AMA! AMA
what have been the challenges with running a relay? I believe initially I paid to connect to one of yours, and I found it very performant, but I guess it also probably only had a few people on it. what challenges have you see?
i run a lot of relays :) were you using the nostr plebs relay? that's the only one that has been paid.
the honestly challenge is deciding what you want to use your relay for and choosing what software then run. with most clients moving to or implementing the Outbox model, it no longer matters how many people use your a relay that you would use. in fact, it's better for decentralization to have a plethora of smaller, community relays.
for me:
relay.nostrplebs.com is paid via buying and using a nostr address from nostrplebs.com
nostrelites.org is a free WoT relay that i run, probably one of the latest WoT relays.
and then i run my own private nostr-relay.derekross.me for my own inbox, outbox, DMs, and media.
relay.nostrplebs.com is strfry
nostrelites.org is wot-relay
nostr-relay.derekross.me is haven
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i am using wss://nostr-relay.derekross.me/ and believe it charged me for a membership a year+ ago
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oh. do you remember what you paid? i was testing out the brand new nostream feature that allowed for paid memberships. i turned it on, set the fee high, and then added a message to not buy it on the homepage, that you could be rugged as it was experimental.
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100,000 sats i believe
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