I don’t think paying is a problem. Personally, I wouldn’t mind paying a monthly fee for a relay where the operator is known and transparent... people like you, JB, Vito, and others who don’t hide behind anonymity. I like knowing who I’m trusting with my data and who is actually running the service. To me, that doesn’t feel more centralized, it feels more credible and accountable. I also think many “normies” would feel the same way. There’s a level of comfort in transparency that anonymity doesn’t always provide, especially when it comes to trust and data storage. In today’s world, people often associate anonymity with suspicion rather than trust. So for me, visible identity builds confidence, not the other way around.

dude, #NDN at last.. when... we all pay for our internet lines already. who in the fucking rats ass ever came up with the idea of suddenly differentiating nodes on the edges that once upon a time we all were, and these days maybe even are increasingly again with more and more fibre lines... so create a fully integrated or plugin and modules based extendabe single piece of software already that integrates storing the bits caching and redistributing. skip the relay and server nonsense already, everbody can long ago be a relay and be a server. sigh. seriously. whe nurture hige datacenters and hyeprscalers to run your relays when you already have an ip address in this thing called internet and the whole idea was neutral and robust packet routing right from the start. tcp ip anonye? sigh