Yes I think we should have an event kind that allows somebody to cryptographically bind an IP address and port (SocketAddr) to a relay's keypair. But we would need:
1) Relays to have keypairs
2) Nostr to reference relays by keypair instead of by url
3) A means of distributing the binding event (because of the chicken-and-egg problem) maybe just blast them, or maybe a DHT.
It's a great idea for nostr2, so nostr2 won't be dependent on DNS and shoudn't need to be dependent on SSL certificates issued by CAs that nobody really trusts anyways.
mikedilger /
npub1acg…p35c
2024-06-25 04:03:38
in reply to nevent1q…ywsg
Author Public Key
npub1acg6thl5psv62405rljzkj8spesceyfz2c32udakc2ak0dmvfeyse9p35cSeen on
wss://nos.lolwss://relay.noswhere.comwss://nostr.thesamecat.iowss://chorus.mikedilger.com:444Published at
2024-06-25 04:03:38Event JSON
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