I don’t think it’s fair to assume those relays went down because they couldn’t sustain the infrastructure with their one time fees. Many of the people who hosted these relays lost interest and left nostr. Many of them had no technical ability to fix a relay if it went down. Many of them were using nostream which didn’t scale well.
The longevity and reliability of a relay is more about who is running it than how much it costs. Good admins run good relays. Free or paid. The time commitment is more about passion for nostr than making money. I can’t see that changing in the near future.
People who enter this space to “make money quick” will exit extremely fast when they realize how little money is available.
Mazin
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2025-04-28 13:05:32
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