0xtr

Software developer. #bitcoin
https://oxtr.dev
https://github.com/0xtrr
Running relay @ wss://nostr.oxtr.dev
Contact info can be found on my website

#FreeRoss

Public Key

npub1ktt8phjnkfmfrsxrgqpztdjuxk3x6psf80xyray0l3c7pyrln49qhkyhz0

NIP-05 Address

0xtr@oxtr.dev

NIP-57 Address

0xtr@oxtr.dev

Profile Code

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Publishing to

relay.damus.io

relay.nostr.band

relay.noswhere.com

Author Public Key

npub1ktt8phjnkfmfrsxrgqpztdjuxk3x6psf80xyray0l3c7pyrln49qhkyhz0

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Last Notes

2024-09-14 12:18:26

Australia seems like it's becoming a full fledged dystopian nightmare of a country
#nevent1q…z4kl

2024-09-13 15:01:37

This article's got some facinating numbers!
"The company counted an average of only 42 employees in 2023, down from 61 two years earlier. During the year, it generated $31MM in net revenue per employee[..]"
$31MM per employee!!
"Though OnlyFans is based around subscriptions, over 60% over consumer spending is now via transactions (and unlike say, Candy Crush, these are not micro transactions but instead add-on purchases that can cost dozens of dollars or more). Indeed, subscription revenues are up only 9% since 2021 (or $227 million) whereas transactional spending is up 70% (or $1.6 billion), representing 88% of total growth."
The following line makes me sad though:
"[..] In this sense, we should recognize that many fans are paying for parasocial relationships and fantasies of connection, rather than just photos and video."
https://www.matthewball.co/all/fansprofitandloss

2024-09-13 11:38:02

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Sounds like something @npub1mzn…6mak would be interested in looking at

2024-09-12 07:36:39

Someone is definitely spamming my relay with garbage kind 1 notes
https://blossom.oxtr.dev/828521c087ea8caf281d9e8b904bb4205f3d16603dac5d1331f69b9f4f6a42b7.png

2024-09-08 15:08:40

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Maybe, not sure how Amethyst filters notes

2024-09-08 11:25:53

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Maybe you muted some of the words in the note?

2024-09-08 10:48:27

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Spam trying to fool WoT implementations?

2024-09-08 07:37:40

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Sci fi novel!

2024-09-07 23:21:53

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Is that an Apple thing? An iOS thing?

2024-09-07 23:10:10

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That’s a ffmpeg flag?

2024-09-07 22:49:23

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@npub1xts…kk5s Damus still won’t play videos served from my Blossom server. Do you know why? Anything I can help with?

2024-09-07 15:28:01

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I actually went to Highlighter but didn’t understand what to do with the article 🫂

2024-09-07 11:54:41

Thank you @npub1zuu…c2uc for listr.lol 🙏

2024-09-07 11:48:20

Ahahaa, very funny!!! /s
I don't care which side of the tyrants she represent, Kamala weirds me tf out.
https://blossom.oxtr.dev/b6cf65838e8f107a6f3799b28dcc1492361c493a0a390f99657790c9f43c353b.mp4

2024-09-07 06:57:26

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Hmm, what’s the latest and greatest on relay WoT? Any code I can take a look at?

2024-09-06 22:36:31

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I think he blocked the URL of the profile pic

2024-09-06 20:52:25

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Such a nice guy, always agreeing with OP

2024-09-06 20:11:08

Tracking Token Disrespector has achieved AGI, formulating defences against proposed spam prevention mechanisms
#nevent1q…e0dr

2024-09-06 18:59:09

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Huh? What did you do to block him by pfp?

2024-09-06 18:46:18

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Haven't checked "global" in a while, probably for the best 😅

2024-09-06 17:36:48

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Not sure but could be related. Which relays do you have issues with?

2024-09-05 16:14:08

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You can route clearnet URLs over Tor but not tor onion urls ovee clearnet essentially.
Mobile apps and desktop apps could probably pack a tor daemon in the app to route any onion url over Tor automatically. IIRC, Amethyst did this? Is that correct @npub1gcx…nj5z?

2024-09-05 11:53:13

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Your issue was probably that you tried to connect to Tor relays over clearnet? So you at least need to make sure that the connection to a Tor relay is routed through Tor.
In my experience (using nostrudel and snort), I usually add the relay, then need to reload the page for it to actually connect (or at least show it's connected). Then the events usually pops up in the feed right away.

2024-09-05 11:49:54

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ahahaha TIL about Red Star OS! I guess that's Europe's wet dream though, having a set of legal files you're allowed to store

2024-09-05 11:47:04

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Seems like it was archived here: https://web.archive.org/web/20240904111116/https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/09/04/bbc-bitcoin-coverage-raises-concern-over-its-journalism-and-trust/

2024-09-05 11:44:21

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I'd say so, they are way further into the adoption than any other country. Not saying Europe looks good either though just to make that clear 😂

2024-09-05 10:05:53

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Nice!

2024-09-05 10:02:33

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I just opened Tor Browser, went to nostrudel.ninja and accessed my own relay through Tor, seems to work fine here?
There are some people hosting clients on tor as well: https://github.com/0xtrr/onion-service-nostr-clients
https://blossom.oxtr.dev/104e44add0307eb394d1e553d5d3531cfb5e80f66a501ea6d789255bb457f29b.png

2024-09-05 08:42:44

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What's your setup look like? Are you using nostrudel in the TOR browser?

2024-09-05 08:00:40

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Good luck Jess! 😂 What grade are you teaching?

2024-09-05 07:59:42

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I don't have the land yet but I do have the "ball sunner" badge! I believe this gives me rights to sun them wherever I want.
naddr1qq9kyctvdskhxatwdejhyqgewaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8xmn0wf6zuum0vd5kzmp0qgsxqn5kuzvex6ssfzpetzcypdrkwts0qjxf3tre8umllex8yqneavsrqsqqqafe0jsq88

2024-09-05 07:57:55

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that looks awesome

2024-09-05 07:45:29

This was a very fun read from Strike about their BOLT-12 implementation process. It's cool to see companies share publicly about their implementation process, and for them to work with and contribute to open source software.
https://strike.me/blog/bolt12-offers/

2024-09-05 06:39:31

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lol

2024-09-05 06:37:32

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Isn't this an argument for using fiat instead of bitcoin too? More people use fiat and if someone censors your spending, you can use the very system that censors you to fight it (if you have enough money) 😂

2024-09-05 05:32:00

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Any way to see if this happens?

2024-09-05 05:30:58

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Yeah I figured it could have something to do with the compression flag. It's a pretty beefy CPU on the remote machine though so wouldn't think that would be a bottleneck..

2024-09-04 21:09:52

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That’s the delta calc it does to figure out what to copy/transfer? I don’t think that makes much sense in this scenario though, because this was about moving entire files that didn’t exist on the target path before

2024-09-04 20:20:48

Does #rsync usually vary very much in transfer speeds when transferring files? Moved some files today and transfer speed varied from 1 Mb/s to 110 Mb/s with very random sudden drops in speed.

2024-09-04 08:36:39

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A MoccaMaster will last you a lifetime. Mine is 30+ years old I think. Nothing fancy, just plain old black filter coffee.

2024-09-04 05:03:47

GM #coffeechain #FreeRoss
https://blossom.oxtr.dev/e573f1560cc6a90220f80e3070a069978e59d0f6db7251c1ae2d5e91975daf95.jpeg

2024-09-03 17:35:32

#askNostr
#nevent1q…wlfn

2024-09-03 15:41:05

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Poor Alex, we've tagged him multiple times today about this same question in another thread 😂

2024-09-03 15:38:47

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It's kind of a trick question since there is no valid reason for doing cleartext DMs but I'm at the same time genuinely interested in why they went with it anyways.

2024-09-03 15:28:47

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Is there any good reason they kept DMs in cleartext?

2024-09-03 13:38:22

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Did you read all the feminist dms @npub1q3s…d26p ? 😂

2024-09-03 13:32:57

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Hasn't DMs always been unencrypted in Mastodon servers?

2024-09-03 09:30:04

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https://blossom.oxtr.dev/9f5ba205715bcec01f6b8a343c6f70296e7acf84100907a30dffec6fc6d7cd4b.jpeg

2024-09-03 09:27:18

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Didn't think 26 C was that much for the UK in late summer

2024-09-03 07:05:38

GM 🤙 #coffeechain
https://blossom.oxtr.dev/59e7aebb12d24d6b59b1373b94004ea36934dbb72101d471dbb9f0706eb19bff.jpg

2024-09-01 13:28:23

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https://blossom.oxtr.dev/dc478cc1b001702f395a80f301d11b6e8b1e356cbae0968938ab34a010bbb7a9.webp

2024-09-01 12:59:14

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Ohh that's cool, and it uses materials on mars to print? How safe are they in case of really bad weather or other strong forces?

2024-09-01 12:54:59

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Someone have to design condoms with this branding on

2024-09-01 12:54:04

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Yeah that's what Handmer also says before he talks about what he think would be a good alternative

2024-09-01 12:50:34

Why are we so obsessed with dome imagery in "futuristic" photos of cities in space? Fun sunday reading!
https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2019/11/28/domes-are-very-over-rated/

2024-09-01 12:37:14

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Have you checked out this section in their docs?
https://docs.samourai.io/wallet/restore-recovery#export-to-external-wallet
Found it from Diverters tweet earlier this year: https://x.com/Diverter_NoKYC/status/1783227176969535536
http://blossom.oxtr.dev/f0f4343f8e7a35ec1d57ac4f23115079ca1850f5f09c515c3b381fc93d27cb21.png

2024-09-01 11:01:33

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Oof long night?
«Everything else shows up», what do you mean about that?
I’m assuming that you haven’t been able to move the sats yet, what have you tried to do thus far?

2024-09-01 09:24:51

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https://blossom.oxtr.dev/e4d88f00e0be579fb5030ab9d554edb7c296488d29fcb3fa3ea3b371811439f5.png

2024-09-01 09:23:30

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Why does it have an l-tag for each decimal point in both lat and lon coords? Is that how the geotag nip work (I haven't read much about it)?

2024-09-01 09:19:07

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I think people need something hard to work on to thrive. Could be a family, raising kids, building something, etc, it just need to be hard work. I guess you could call that "constraints" but I interpret it more as "hard work".

2024-09-01 09:10:52

gm nostr 🤙 #coffeechain
https://blossom.oxtr.dev/c9cb795e3970d9dfa5a358f57c69a9e51917eb9df6fadf9b444977e19a9d2c6b.jpeg

2024-09-01 08:43:44

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note1qmuw8fh0dte04zz3ptlcnec033tl2ufpjl0effmyrvw33r2k4htq6znqgc

2024-08-31 19:33:07

👀
#nevent1q…qczc

2024-08-31 19:21:56

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Interesting.. So how does this work in practice? You create a kind 30040 header event and add kind 30041 article/section events in the e tags of the header event?

2024-08-31 15:40:52

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No wonder the shitcoiners are so eager on doing that yield farming stuff

2024-08-31 15:39:52

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I'm not sure if this is @npub1xts…kk5s trolling or actually a Dave reply..

2024-08-31 15:38:40

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The new view seems slick, nice job! I love that it opens/gives the closest context in the same view and then you can click to go to the thread or whatever to reply.

2024-08-31 15:33:25

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We need to patch or make a new NIP for long-form-posts with Asciidoc support. Seems superior to Markdown overall.

2024-08-31 14:31:16

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lmfao

2024-08-31 14:00:33

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If you need to test Blossom endpoints, I built a small CLI tool to generate auth events btw
https://github.com/0xtrr/blossom-auth

2024-08-31 13:42:45

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Nothing's like testing in production, right? Awesome, I'll check out the PRs soon!

2024-08-31 13:40:59

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https://blossom.oxtr.dev/fced056ff314a6f6f8a005ca5bff609a9316e36a61319f53aee0cfe863d80891.jpg

2024-08-31 13:36:24

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#nevent1q…ztf5

2024-08-31 13:31:03

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Create a PR or send me the details so I can put it in there

2024-08-31 13:24:38

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Oh, nvm, x.com finally loaded some data. Took a while though, maybe since I'm connecting from Europe.

2024-08-31 13:23:48

I'm not able to load twitter.com through Brazilian VPN servers, connection just times out. x.com resolves but I'm not able to load any data.

2024-08-31 13:00:23

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I'm very happy with Mullvad. You can buy credits with LN here: https://vpn.sovereign.engineering/

2024-08-31 12:02:24

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Let the free market decide. No state or government should have anything to say on what social platform or protocol any person can or cannot use.

2024-08-31 08:22:12

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Tor is already banned in multiple countries IIRC, so yeah, it definitely can get banned by governments. That doesn't mean the people can't use it anymore though, you just need to masquerade the traffic with tools like Tor's Snowflake software: https://snowflake.torproject.org/ or something similar. I guess it could even be your own anon VPS with a WireGuard connection.
To me, offering to connect to my nostr relay over Tor is more about the privacy benefits it gives in general. All traffic goes through multiple relays before it reaches my nostr relay so I have no way of figuring out where this person or connection comes from.

2024-08-31 08:01:46

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And yes, If your native app sends some requests over clearnet and some over TOR, you'd pretty much lose the privacy benefits

2024-08-31 07:39:26

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> So if I am using a native nostr or web app with only Tor relays, and this app supports outbox, the privacy benefits are lost?
Well not entirely, as long as all your connections go over Tor, the clearnet nostr relay connections will go through multiple Tor relays and then a Tor exit relay before it connects to the clearnet nostr relay. It will probably look something like this : Your Tor traffic -> Tor relay -> Tor Relay -> Tor exit node -> clearnet nostr relay.

2024-08-30 23:09:29

@npub1226…grkj check your Matrix DMs when you can

2024-08-30 23:07:03

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I don't use it regularly but events usually load pretty fast in my experience. Might be a bit slower inital connection though (couple of seconds).

2024-08-30 23:05:21

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No not a widget, this is a long-form-post (NIP-23) which webapps like Habla.news and YakiHonne lets you write and publish. It renders better here: https://habla.news/u/0xtr@oxtr.dev/1714295238905

2024-08-30 23:00:36

New TOR relay added to the list! Nerostrator is a paid relay (XMR) and is operated by @npub19j7…tnca.
I've also added a payment options column to the list to make it easier to see what options you have for each relay.
#naddr1qv…akz0

2024-08-30 22:40:45

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Every relay in the list should work. If you find anyone that doesn't work, poke the operator (like I did here for the payment issue) or create a github issue for it so that we either get it fixed or removed from the list 🤙

2024-08-30 22:33:48

@npub1pc5…dmza, seems like there is some kind of issue with the payment portal for your onion relay @ hjar34h5zwgtvxr345q7rncso3dhdaryuxgri3lu7lbhmnzvin72z5ad.onion.
https://blossom.oxtr.dev/66e6f5e4e6c1a2acbc1bf32bb6d80f7847b39d89c9ce62c96b3558b8fa34e290.png

2024-08-30 21:45:44

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Would it be safe to travel there if the sole purpose is to discuss a protocol that the Brazilian gov cannot get rid of?

2024-08-30 21:19:56

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WE'LL GO TO WAR AGAINST MORAES WITH AN ARMY OF OSTRICHES
https://blossom.oxtr.dev/6bb6273f2f87cd864be71849e1f4b2ce7110bca466e5f1ccb131eacba864058c.png

2024-08-30 21:12:02

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Happy to get more dev eyes on cherry-server! I'll happily accept patches or GitHub issues. I'm running Hzrd149's blossom-server software which has worked perfectly fine (written in TypeScript though): https://github.com/hzrd149/blossom-server. Not going to migrate over to cherry-server as my main until I'm sure I've gotten rid of most of the bugs.

2024-08-30 21:01:46

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Good question! Blossom is simply put a protocol for storing and retrieving files. I guess you could think of it like imgur for all kinds of files mixed with some nostr functionality.
If you're interested in the technical details, you can find the protocol documents here: https://github.com/hzrd149/blossom

2024-08-30 20:58:07

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https://blossom.oxtr.dev/2266b47681344ef946ba4e4f6c491060450b7f082a08d00e9d6d61e396061a13.jpeg

2024-08-30 20:53:06

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Got a VERY alpha software Blossom server impl going on here, written in rust: https://github.com/0xtrr/cherry-server. It probably has a bunch of bugs and is not tested well enough so nobody should use it yet. It currently has pubkey and mimetype filters and works behind nginx. Code is a mess and I've probably pulled in more deps than needed. Depends on a sqlite3 DB to keep track of file references and blob descriptors.

2024-08-30 20:31:55

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Well, the server will be the thing that accepts uploads and gets the images from wherever they are actually stored (either on disk, in a cloud storage, etc). But maybe the thing you want most atm is a tutorial for how to set up a selfhosted Blossom server?
What I'm really asking would be what people want it to do besides supporting the Blossom protocol. E.g. npub blacklist/whitelist, rate limiting, filetype filters, account system & payments, etc.

2024-08-30 20:27:54

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Shouldn't be too hard to set up a Blossom server and webapp in Umbrel as they're just Docker containers IIRC. Haven't looked at Umbrel in a while though so not sure what's needed. Whitelisting npubs is definitely an important feature.

2024-08-30 20:02:19

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Works! But it doesn't load automatically because you're missing the filetype at the end

2024-08-30 20:00:48

What are some features you'd want for your selfhosted #Blossom server?

2024-08-30 19:42:11

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Correction: Nostrudel's "next" version has this.
https://next.nostrudel.ninja/

2024-08-30 19:41:06

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Nostrudel supports this. And yes, that would definitely be a full-time job keeping such a list updated. Could try to make it a community service as a git repo though. Has worked well for my onion relay list.

2024-08-30 14:58:45

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