For every daily active user on #Nostr, there's approx. 0.2 relays.

Wow, #Nostr has grown by 900 daily active users, over 6 months. That's impressive! At this point Nostr feels more like a small community forum, rather than a social network. It's cozy, that's for sure ;) Sort of like a sub-reddit for Nostr / Bitcoin users. A niche, in a niche.

I just cannot imagine monetization on Nostr yet. Most people aren't used to pay, to store their data. You can reason as much as you want, they will still prefer the 0-cost alternative. And with the number of "premium" relays growing, many users will find themselves locked-out. Can't we come-up with some sort of network funding? Where ultimately ~5% of the users, pay for 100% of the infastructure? A bucket, that's split among relay / proxy and storage operators, based on the capacity they provide (and process). Sourcehut does something like this.