This shit is why I’m building FOSS platforms on Nostr

I think I’ve definitely improved the Plebs compression algorithm a bit. I think I’ll need to drop it to maximum of 2GB file handled. Anything larger and the compression just makes it really pixelated once downsized to 100MB. Any video sub 1GB takes only a few minutes to compress client-side and the quality isn’t too degraded. It’s a negligible trade off imo, as it ensures larger files are accepted (if someone doesn’t compress themselves) and the video can be uploaded across Blossom hosts. This is a truly censorship-resistant video platform. If more than one host doesn’t store the video, than it’s resistance to censorship and legal takedown requests is futile. This is why I have been so adamant about the Plebs app handling the upload process in order to ensure that censorship-resistance occurs.

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I'm not leaving Nostr... just taking a break from building anything new for a bit. I could never leave Nostr... its various apps are the only form of social media I use and I truly believe it's the only protocol that will allow for free voices in the future. View quoted note →

In the past month... ✅ Refactored Nosflare to be the most resilient, horizontally scalable Nostr relay. ✅ Completed true interop with bitchat on Nym, a real decentralized, censorship-resistant messenger that can be loaded locally and never shutdown or banned. Gonna spend the rest of this month working on new features and squashing bugs on Plebs, a truly decentralized, censorship-resistant YouTube/Vimeo/Rumble alternative that can also run locally and never be shutdown or banned. Then, going into the new year, I think I am going to take an extended hiatus from building on Nostr. It has been over 2yrs of grinding, thankless work and I'm a bit burnt out. All of the projects will remain in maintenance mode and I will still review PRs. I just need to expend such time/energy/resources elsewhere and touch grass more. 🙏