nostr.download (route96 Blossom server)
- Free allowance
- 10.00 GB per file (hard cap, read off the server's own the provider).
- Verdict
- ★ qualifiesusable as stated; the read path was probed
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- anonymousno card, no phone
- Binding limit
- per-object-cap10.00 GB per file
- Evidence
- reported3 sources; a third party said so
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-05checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-05
| Free tier | 10.00 GB per file (hard cap, read off the server's own the provider). No published per-user total. 'Inactive file deletion: No limit'. 'Delete never-downloaded files: After 1 days'. unit GB; metered on unstated |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Limits |
per-object-cap 10 GB. Retention is download-triggered, not time-based: a file nobody fetches within 24 h is deleted. Anything in the hot working set survives indefinitely. |
| Identity | anonymous anonymous |
| Egress | unmetered — files served by GET /<sha256>, Content-addressed. Served through the server's own CDN; no egress counter is exposed anywhere. |
| Per-object cap | 10.00 GB per file (10000000000 bytes) |
| Retention | Retention is download-triggered, not time-based: a file nobody fetches within 24 h is deleted |
| Interface | unknown Blossom (BUD-01/02/04/06) + NIP-96. Plain HTTP PUT /upload, GET /<sha256>, HEAD /upload for preflight. Pinned by NIP-94 kind 1063 events. |
| Tooling | any HTTP client. Auth is a signed nostr event (kind 24242), so a locally generated keypair is the only credential. route96 (v0l), lotus, or hzrd149/blossom clients all speak it. |
| Composes with | content-addressed by SHA-256, so a chunk-per-object scheme maps onto it natively with no index server — the hash IS the locator. |
| Reliability | single volunteer operator, no SLA, no durability warranty ('Do not use this service as your only backup'). Purges never-downloaded objects after 24 h, so a write-only cold archive decays to zero. |
| Parsed numbers |
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Evidence 3
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | nostr.download/ | 'Max upload size 10240 MB', 'Whitelist Open' |
| 2026-10-21 | nostr.download/tos | 'Maximum file size 10.00 GB', 'Inactive file deletion: ? No limit', 'Delete never-downloaded files ? After 1 days' |
| 2026-10-21 | nostr.download/upload | PUT with no auth returns HTTP 401 / x-reason 'Auth header not found', i.e. the endpoint is live and the only gate is the signature, not an account |
Unknown values 3
- interface: the access interface was not established
- per object cap notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
- retention notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read