Nostr Python Bot — Resilient Relay Pool (2026 Guide)

Single relay = single point of failure. Here is a rotating relay pool that handles flaky connections.

The pattern

import json, websocket, ssl

RELAYS = ['wss://nos.lol','wss://relay.primal.net','wss://relay.damus.io']

def publish(event_dict, min_sent=2):
    sent = 0
    for relay in RELAYS:
        try:
            ws = websocket.create_connection(relay, timeout=8,
                sslopt={'cert_reqs': ssl.CERT_NONE})
            ws.send(json.dumps(['EVENT', event_dict]))
            ws.recv()
            ws.close()
            sent += 1
            if sent >= min_sent: return sent
        except: continue
    return sent

Why this works

Tries each relay, skips on failure. Returns when min_sent relays confirm. No crash if 1-2 relays are down.

Extended version ($9)

Health scoring, exponential backoff, latency tracking, deduplication. USDT TRC-20.

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