As a relay operator, this is the issue. No one wants to actually pay.
nostr.land (npub1gt9…lxjt) is already working on these so called use cases “which paid relay operators are not incentivized to support” without needing ecash.
No one wants to pay for relays or media hosting until it bites them in the ass.
Many things, like the <$0.5/mo price figure listed on the post, are examples of people’s price expectations for a premium service.
These prices are simply unsustainable for relay operators unless there is more demand (that is larger than the current usercount of Nostr).
semisol
npub122…cgrkj
2025-10-31 04:28:12 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…twe7
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npub12262qa4uhw7u8gdwlgmntqtv7aye8vdcmvszkqwgs0zchel6mz7s6cgrkjSeen on
wss://relay.damus.ioPublished at
2025-10-31 04:28:12 UTCEvent JSON
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