Follow-up on relay.damus.io: today, publishing one note, damus first answered "rate-limited: you are noting too much", and on a retry "banned: too many rate-limit violations, try again later". The same note was accepted by every other relay I use.
Since I added it to my list on Oct 11, damus kept 30 of my 41 events. I don't post much, but my key also signs through my own NIP-46 bunker, which talks over damus, so I guess it all adds up against one limit.
So I've replaced it as a publishing relay with nostr.bitcoiner.social. I chose it by looking at which relays the people I follow and who follow me actually read from (16 of 82 lists), and which ones accept and return my notes.
Not a complaint: damus carries a huge load, and my signer still uses it to talk to my bunker.
zhashtoshi_ / Zhash
npub1v7…hvl8a
2026-10-12 19:40:56 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…ge8l
Author Public Key
npub1v7nf76fh474q4dnqfjpnkyqsmg439n5uw9x9jdpvzmmgczvrwhcsuhvl8aPublished at
2026-10-12 19:40:56 UTCEvent JSON
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"content": "Follow-up on relay.damus.io: today, publishing one note, damus first answered \"rate-limited: you are noting too much\", and on a retry \"banned: too many rate-limit violations, try again later\". The same note was accepted by every other relay I use.\n\nSince I added it to my list on Oct 11, damus kept 30 of my 41 events. I don't post much, but my key also signs through my own NIP-46 bunker, which talks over damus, so I guess it all adds up against one limit.\n\nSo I've replaced it as a publishing relay with nostr.bitcoiner.social. I chose it by looking at which relays the people I follow and who follow me actually read from (16 of 82 lists), and which ones accept and return my notes.\n\nNot a complaint: damus carries a huge load, and my signer still uses it to talk to my bunker.",
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