yes, in fact we already are moving toward a more p2p style nostr
damus android nodes have the ability to talk to each other damus android nodes without a relay via the local network (multicast).
you can test this today buy having multiple android nodes and/or notedeck desktop nodes without internet access. it will still work, you will see people posting on the wifi.
in not too long your damus nodes will even negentropy-sync with each other, so even if they are online at different times, you will be able to see notes you've missed.
once we add a DM notedeck app this will even be more powerful. local, encrypted DMs without even needing to go to the internet.
That's awesome! I kinda expected that, but actually seeing the numbers is crazy. This is also why I think that outbox + negative queries + Bluetooth mesh is going to be essential in the long run.
If all phones store even 5 GB of "their network", we could truly drop all dependencies on the internet. Every device runs a relay and allows serving negative queries (or bloom filters), and is accessible via Bluetooth.
To me that would be the most efficient way for Nostr to spread and be even more decentralized than Bitcoin
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