A bit about my free #nostr relay adre.su (which soon might be the "oldest in Russia" since other old ones are now shut down). Surprisingly, users have paid for 3 months of its operation even though no one asked them to. This is a very positive moment and likely reflects even more on more popular free relays, meaning they might be able to operate without a loss.
Now, the hosting cost has gone up a lot, and running the relay for a month will cost about 16,000 sats. If donations keep coming in at the same rate, it will be enough for one month. This doesn't mean I'll shut down the relay at the end of the year, but I can't start it in other locations (except maybe my own city) to reduce ping and load. I'll also have to forget about plans for file storage. And I can't get rid of Cloudflare as I wanted.
Otherwise, everything is manageable for now. I plan to ease up on the fight against spam and bots because it harms regular users more 😅. And I might launch a few simple bots myself.
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