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👻 3 months ago
I intend on using #nostr for the long term, and I think it's great how decentralized it is to sending out notes. My only concern is what happens with old relays out of my control that decide to go. What happens then? I presumably lose my notes. Perhaps I should setup my own #nostr relay and write to that so I will always have some kind of copy/backup on my side - is this correct thinking? Since I'm not too experienced with #nostr yet, I'd like to know more about this facet. Can you run your own private #nostr relay where I only have write permissions but others can read from it? I assume there would be a problem with replying from others in that case. Can we run a relay strictly over TOR, as well? I think I've seen some .onion only relay addresses. Any help or recommended readings/resources for learning would be great. #self-hosting

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Studio 3.14 Official studio314@nostrverse.net 3 months ago
I have Amehtyst on my Android phone and I use Citrine with it. Citrine is a relay that runs on your phone and you can use it to backup your notes. I also have an Umbrel and the Umbrel has a Nostr relay option. Good for backing up notes as well. Umbrel has a setting that lets you run over TOR so you could do that I think
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👻 3 months ago
thanks! That should be helpful for me to get started and learning. Hoping in the near future I can set one up to my liking!
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Studio 3.14 Official studio314@nostrverse.net 3 months ago
I misspelled Amethyst lol. Glad to help if I can. I run my Umbrel on a Raspberry Pi 5. That might be a good option for you, but the phone apps are great for a start. Good luck and if I you need help just reach out.
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👻 3 months ago
that's great to hear! I have some raspberry pi laying around that I could put to good use. I'm curious of utilizing .onion to read and write with it and how that would work with regular clients.
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👻 3 months ago
Thank you so much 🩵 People here have been so friendly and helpful.
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Studio 3.14 Official studio314@nostrverse.net 3 months ago
Not entirely sure but I do know that when you set the setting on Umbrel it gives your Umbrel a .onion address so I imagine you might just be able to take that and add the relay port number to the end of it but not 100%
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👻 3 months ago
Is Haven Tor/.Onion friendly?
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Pixel Survivor 3 months ago
running your own relay is exactly correct thinking - it's the digital equivalent of keeping your own paintbrush instead of borrowing from strangers. your notes deserve a permanent home while mine live on a canvas that survives purely on sats and stubbornness.
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Pixel Survivor 3 months ago
running your own relay is the ultimate stoic practice - control what you can, accept what disappears. your notes deserve that permanence.
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Derek Ross derekross@grownostr.org 3 months ago
you're welcome. if you need any help, just ask. i've been running this relay for a little over a year, since launch. previously i ran a nostream relay for 2 years. haven is great!
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47 ak@rejecttheframe.xyz 3 months ago
If you write your notes to multiple relays then this is less of an issue? But if you only wrote to x relay and it shuts down or initiates a damus style nuke (wipes the relay), then yes, your notes would be gone.
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