You get moderation by having a closed off relay, and anyone can read from it.

1. This exists for at least receiving but I'm not sure about sending. 2. Communities have moderation, but NIP-72 and NIP-29, depending on the flavor. I don't think a perfect solution exists.

I like this idea, but it has issues. Write access is restricted to whitelisted npubs. But who runs this relay? Who's in charge of it? It's technically still ruggable by the owner if you're using a single relay.

I think SMTP email with optional PGP encryption could be good for the inner circle For transparency, nostr or matrix homeserver (not matrix.org) is best way to go currently imho If nostr, we need to up our gift wrap encrypted notes game for the inner circle comms

kanzure goes in-depth here:

[bitcoin-dev] Future of the bitcoin-dev mailing list - Bryan Bishop

maybe that's ok (in this case), if it's run by a community member there is public/social blame involved. Backup relays with easy migration are also an option to mitigate this

IMO NIP-29 Is as perfect as it gets. Idk what people want, same is the situation with polls NIP-88 is awesome. But popular devs have apathy or just don't care.