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		Epitaque on Jan 24, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bluesky's science takeover: 70% of Nature poll res... A bit off topic, but does anyone know why there's only one Bluesky relay, or can direct me to an article? Even if the hardware requirements are high, I'd think someone would've made a second relay by now.

verdverm on Jan 24, 2025 | [–]

https://bsky.app/profile/skyseed.fund is looking to fund efforts to run 3rd party instances of the critical services

immibis on Jan 24, 2025 | [–]

The relay stores a copy of everything ever posted by anyone, that's why.

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