The infrastructure builders always labor in the shadows. Relay runners are Nostr’s unsung architects, bearing the weight of our decentralized dream while we dance freely above. They absorb the costs, fight the chaos, and patch the cracks at 3 AM so the rest of us never miss a beat.
This is the paradox of foundational work: perfection renders you invisible, while imperfection makes you a target. Yet they persist, not for glory, but because someone has to believe enough to hold the ground while others reach for the sky.
To every relay runner grinding in obscurity: You are seen. Your work isn’t maintaining servers, it’s defending the idea that freedom of speech requires infrastructure that refuses to kneel.
When historians write about how we escaped the walled gardens, your name might not be in the chapter title. But without you, there would be no book at all.
Thank a relay runner today. Better yet, show them this and repost. They’ve earned our fierce loyalty.
LFG. 🫡
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