- Client A, B, C.
- Client A and B have implemented an Ads NIP, but Client C didn't.
- User X has enabled to view ads.
- User X has saved my relay to read/write from it.
- User X used all 3 clients.
- User X will see ads in Client A and B, but not C.
- My relay would service User X in Client A and B, but not C (it wouldn't fetch from it or write to it).
- When User X sees an ad in Client A or B, said clients would receive a percentage cut from the budget sent out to run that ad, and my relay would receive a cut, and the User would also receive a cut.
- User X disables viewing ads in his metadata.
- User X cannot see notes from my relay anymore, from any client, regardless of if the client has implemented the Ads NIP or not.
With this, i'd also try to support as many content types as I can without going into the red, but I'd also have a block list to block clients that implement the Ads NIP but hide ads, or present them unreasonably.
quotingJack and OpenSats are a single point of failure.
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Community funding is also a single point of failure.
Let's be honest, with the solution being that relay operators and client developers need to get paid through the market systems, the general public doesn't want to pay to post, to like, to update their profile, etc. Plus, a new user doesn't have Sats, so ya that's dead right there.
What are the options?
Subscription packages like what Damus is doing?
Putting donation buttons everywhere?
Selling merch?
Selling NIP-05 names?
Listen, those are all fine and all, but there's one annoying solution that solves a decent chunk of this problem. You know it, I know it, everybody knows it: Ads.
Ads on #nostr , properly designed and developed, would be the best digital ads system in the world for all parties involved, in comparison to current ad systems, where it can go from annoying to feeling neutral about it, and this would also onboard an incredible number of people to Bitcoin as they wouldn't have to 'pay' to get their first bitcoin, they'd just use a nostr client and at some very early point in their usage they'd suddenly have a few sats because they saw a few ads as they scrolled through their timeline.
If no one develops this by X time in the future, I'd reach into my backlog of ideas and at least design and plan this out, where if the opportunity arises it would get developed, but hopefully someone does it way sooner.
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