Bitcoin Review Podcast BR080: Nostr Rising 03 - Relays & Scaling ft. Fiatjaf, Mike Dilger & Pablo

I’m joined by guests Fiatjaf, Mike Dilger & Pablo to discuss nostr communities.

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(00:00) – Introduction to Nostr protocol and event signing
(02:15) – Relay management and costs in Nostr ecosystem
(05:30) – Scaling concerns and misconceptions about relay overload
(09:11) – Importance of public key identity management
(12:18) – Challenges in moderation and decentralized governance
(15:40) – Defining the roles of clients and relays
(20:19) – Lightning integration for payments in Nostr
(25:00) – Need for better developer tools for relay management
(29:45) – Cross-platform interoperability between Nostr and Mastodon
(35:20) – Censorship on Mastodon and the Fediverse
(40:05) – Scalability and reliability improvements during user influxes
(44:10) – The idea of creating more experimental and niche relays
(47:25) – Vision for integrating specialized relay functionality into clients
(49:31) – Concept of Yahoo Pipes for Nostr relays data aggregation tools
(50:09) – DVMs and the evolution of decentralized systems
(51:00) – Closing remarks

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