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Offshore Hosting for a Nostr Relay
Nostr is a simple, open protocol for censorship-resistant social media built on cryptographic identities. Relays accept and serve signed notes. Running a relay strengthens the network and gives your community a reliable relay. Relays are inexpensive to operate; one offshore VPS can run a relay that serves thousands of users. This page covers hosting a Nostr relay on an Anubiz VPS.
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Relay software choices
Popular implementations: strfry (C++, very fast), nostr-rs-relay (Rust), nostream (TypeScript). All are lightweight. strfry handles tens of thousands of concurrent connections on modest hardware. nostr-rs-relay is simpler to operate and a fine choice for moderate scale.
Sizing
Small relay (under 1000 active users): 2 vCPU 4 GB RAM 80 GB NVMe. Medium (10k users): 4 vCPU 8 GB RAM 160 GB NVMe. Large or paid relay aiming for tens of thousands of users: 8 vCPU 16 GB RAM, larger NVMe. Storage grows with content volume; a non-pruning relay can accumulate hundreds of GB over a year.
Anubiz binding
Anubiz offshore VPS plans from $17.90/mo. Iceland and Romania are recommended jurisdictions for censorship-resistance positioning. Crypto payment, no KYC. Internal links: /en/hosting-for-nostr-paid-relay-offshore, /en/anonymous-vps.
Operational reality
Public Nostr relays accept all events by default. Most operators apply a moderation policy: spam filtering, keyword bans, kind-specific rules. Plan a moderation approach before launch. Many relays now charge for write access to fund operations and reduce spam; see the paid-relay companion page.
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