shawn on Nostr: Self-hosted relays, paid relays, or subsidized, paid relays through advertising. ...

Self-hosted relays, paid relays, or subsidized, paid relays through advertising. Waiting to see someone build the third.

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Paid relays cannot be a primary way to solve spam. If that becomes the case, Nostr is as good as dead.