Nostr Relay on an Anubiz Czech Republic VPS
Czech Republic is the Central European pick for a Nostr relay. NIX.CZ peering reaches German, Polish, and Austrian subscribers with single-hop latency. The legal posture is standard EU with DSA NTD obligations. For relay operators whose audience clusters in Central Europe, Prague outperforms Amsterdam on regional latency at a similar price point.
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Regional Latency
Prague to Frankfurt 12 ms, to Warsaw 14 ms, to Vienna 8 ms. NIX.CZ peering gives the relay regional reach without backhauling through Amsterdam.
Hardware
Czech VPS V handles 40-50k concurrent WS. Standard strfry deployment with LMDB and Let's Encrypt WSS.
Legal Posture
EU member, DSA NTD applies. Standard intermediary obligations. No exceptional protection or hostility either direction.
Operational Notes
Tune file descriptor limits, raise systemd LimitNOFILE, configure nginx with long WS timeouts, enable strfry write plugin for spam filtering.
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