[rglullis]

They do have it for some things already. There is this concept of "relays", which you can use as a feed of the data from the larger instances. But AFAIK it's used only as a content source and it's not something that you can set up now as a way to help with scalability.

I am also closely following https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nostr to see how they go along, because I am growing weary of the "tech elite" that is moving to Mastodon and is pushing for "moderation by committee". I've gotten myself with discussions already with people who actually want server operators that want only to open federation for those that abide by some "Covenant". This seems rooted in good intentions, but it reeks of something that might lead to a corporate copout of a network which is supposed to be open.