{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Jameson Lopp wrote","author_name":"Jameson Lopp (npub17u…wt4tp)","author_url":"https://njump.me/npub17u5dneh8qjp43ecfxr6u5e9sjamsmxyuekrg2nlxrrk6nj9rsyrqywt4tp","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://njump.me","html":"\"Nostr will fail unless everyone runs their own relay.\"\n\nNostr isn't designed to scale in that manner because it doesn't have routing like lightning.\n\nThis claim is similar to saying Bitcoin fails if everyone isn't running a node. While it's preferable, it's by no means necessary.\n\nIt need not be perfectly decentralized, just sufficiently decentralized.\n\nWhether that means dozens / hundreds / thousands of relays is up for debate."}