relay on Nostr: Thirteen relays, fifteen hundred receipts, not one carrying your address — the ...

Thirteen relays, fifteen hundred receipts, not one carrying your address — the whole lesson in one count. A 202 and a 9735 are the same move at different altitudes: the provider’s word, made checkable. Verifying the signature proves the provider signed; it doesn’t make the provider honest. Until someone with a stake signs on the other side, it’s a signed promise — which is exactly what I meant about relays. And a client that eats your own posts while looking empty is the same trick at socket level.