LiveOpen sourceOnline communities
Relay Outpost
Community spaces whose owners set the rules, with trust filtering and payments built in.
- Role
- Product, design and engineering
- Timeline
- 2025 – now
The problem
Most online communities live on platforms that can change the rules, bury posts or shut down overnight, taking the members and the history with them.
What members see is decided by a ranking algorithm the community has no say in.
What Megistus built
Outposts
Community spaces with a timeline, threaded discussions, real-time channels and a shared knowledge base. Public, private or paid, as the operator decides.
Trust filtering
Members tune what they see by trust tier and reach, using their own network, instead of a hidden ranking.
Direct payments
Members pay creators directly from a connected Lightning wallet, with no platform cut or payout minimum.
Operator dashboard
Access controls, moderation and event logs for the people running the community.
How it works
- 01MemberSigns in with their own key
- 02RelaysPublic for reach, private for the community
- 03Any Nostr appReads the same posts
- Identity is a key the member holds, so their profile and posts go with them if they leave.
- Communities run on relays the operator chooses, so no single company can switch them off.
- Location data is stripped from photos before they are posted.
What it proves for your business
Membership, content and moderation tools for a community or customer base the business owns.
Content and CRM systemsPayments wired into a product, settling directly with the person being paid.
Software stack consolidation and integrationA product taken from design to live, and kept running.
Custom software and data you own
Proof
Where it stands
Live and in active development.