Measuring model quality and reviews

Routstr is an open marketplace for ai compute, powered by nostr and bitcoin.

Routstr: https://routstr.com
Chat app: https://chat.routstr.com
Openclaw setup: https://routstr.com/openclaw

Run a Routstr node and earn sats: https://github.com/Routstr/routstr-core

Github: https://github.com/Routstr

Routstr on nostr: https://primal.net/p/npub130mznv74rxs032peqym6g3wqavh472623mt3z5w73xq9r6qqdufs7ql29s
Evan on nostr: https://primal.net/p/npub1u37h8rhgm9f95d90lpk2afw8h4t75kf6w8vmga2zz9jsx3atzpuqlmw8vy
Redshift on nostr: https://primal.net/p/npub1ftt05tgku25m2akgvw6v7aqy5ux5mseqcrzy05g26ml43xf74nyqsredsh
Thefux on nostr: https://primal.net/p/npub1ygjd597hdwu8larprmhj893d5p832j5mhejpx40ukezgudvayg9qeklajc
Shroominic on nostr: https://primal.net/p/npub18gr2m5cflkzpn6jdfer4a8qdlavsn334m9mfhurjsge08grg82zq6hu9su

EPISODE: 192
BLOCK: 939283
PRICE:  1368 sats per dollar

(00:03:02) Routstr and the team

(00:07:24) What is Routstr?

(00:10:26) Proxy providers, proprietary models, and pricing dynamics

(00:13:16) Discovery, reviews, and quality signaling on Nostr

(00:16:07) Fees, sustainability, and open source funding models

(00:21:32) OpenClaw, LNVPS, and one-click sovereign stack

(00:25:27) Why Nostr is ideal for agents vs. closed platforms

(00:33:00) Crowdzapping, bounties, and agents building public goods

(00:38:02) Agent specialization, cost tiers, and future routing

(00:45:31) Resilience: routing around outages and pay-per-request

(00:48:12) Self-host vs. marketplaces, selling spare compute

(00:54:00) AI compute meets Bitcoin mining and energy realities

(00:56:50) Hardware choices: Mac minis, old PCs, and VPS security

(00:59:10) Linux advantage and agents removing UX friction

(01:00:24) Open chat protocols, Marmot, and agentic comms

(01:03:54) Acceleration, small teams with many agents shipping fast

(01:04:19) Closing thoughts from the Routstr team