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0 sats \ 7 replies \ @optimism 14 Dec \ parent \ on: Which hard problem did nostr solve? nostr

Yes you can. I've ran strfry on a ROC-RK3328-CC with a T7 for hd. The most time went into building a clean non-sloppy image.

5 sats \ 6 replies \ @ek OP 14 Dec

What's the significant difference between running my own relay, or hosting my own website?

To host my own website, I don't even need to run a server, I can just use object storage.

I'd even say I have more freedom hosting my own website, because I can decide everything, like how it gets rendered etc.

Nostr clients decide how my content gets rendered.

100 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism 14 Dec

Does the object storage not run on a server? You can run strfry in firecrackerd so that amazon can gaslight you that because there are no servers you pay more.

Also. No, you don't decide how it gets rendered to me. I do. If I don't like your site I will do things to it. For me.

100 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek OP 14 Dec

Does the object storage not run on a server?

It does, but it's not me maintaining it.

Technically, most aren't "running their own servers," because they are just virtual machines in some data center.

No, you don't decide how it gets rendered to me. I do. If I don't like your site I will do things to it. For me.

Fair! I was referring to HTML as a spec for how to render things. If you don't respect it, yes, I can't decide for you. More freedom to you, too!

33 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 14 Dec

If you get yourself a 20k sat rk3328, and a 50k sat usb 3 ssd... You can run your own server. Cost: 2-4W.

5 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin 14 Dec

Is a website same as a note or an event ? Keep in mind that over nostr we do not have only dumb notes or memes, we have also events.

I don't think you can compare nostr in general with a website, are 2 different things. Like many are comparing SN with nostr. That is dumb. Just because you can use zaps on both it doesn't mean they have the same purpose or could be compared.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek OP 14 Dec

I don't think you can compare nostr in general with a website, are 2 different things.

Yes, not in general.

I was only comparing digital freedom on nostr vs digital freedom on your own website.

5 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 14 Dec

Even then, it can't be compared. Are two different things. For a website you still depend on a DNS that can censor you. With nostr, for example I can run my own relay and a nostr market over wss and an IP and nobody can stop me or censor me. I will allow only specific npubs to access that relay.

So no, with a website you do not have that total freedom you want. Now for example with nostr we can replace all those Tor underground marketplaces with wss nostr markets.

I hope someday we will have a decentralized DNS but I doubt it. We will have to build a parallel network for that.