You could use a web of trust relay that is only accessible from follows of follows. Like wss://wot.utxo.one
Or you could use a paid relay like wss://nostr.wine
My understanding is that primal forces you to use their relay and it’s popular so their may not be an option to change that from the app And Damus is also a very popular relay. So both of those are highly targeted right now.
You can avoid where the bots are by using relays which are a bit less permissive in who they let write to their relays like the two I highlighted above but their are other paid and WOT options. Or you can just move to relays that are less popular and so harder to target for spam.
If it helps, the spam is forcing developers to respond to it and tighten up their clients and relays. I don’t think the spam is being generated by a sovereign country but this is basically a fire drill for some malevolent agent.
DefiantDandelion /
npub1pn…rqlgr
2024-09-20 09:53:58
in reply to nevent1q…w96g
Author Public Key
npub1pncg62q25h704u6qcf56hnmxx46jdlwfpw2t860ld5685s0sjzms9rqlgrPublished at
2024-09-20 09:53:58Event JSON
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"content": "You could use a web of trust relay that is only accessible from follows of follows. Like wss://wot.utxo.one\n\nOr you could use a paid relay like wss://nostr.wine\n\nMy understanding is that primal forces you to use their relay and it’s popular so their may not be an option to change that from the app And Damus is also a very popular relay. So both of those are highly targeted right now. \n\nYou can avoid where the bots are by using relays which are a bit less permissive in who they let write to their relays like the two I highlighted above but their are other paid and WOT options. Or you can just move to relays that are less popular and so harder to target for spam.\n\nIf it helps, the spam is forcing developers to respond to it and tighten up their clients and relays. I don’t think the spam is being generated by a sovereign country but this is basically a fire drill for some malevolent agent. \n\n",
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