Announcing Routstrd: The Only Tool you Need for Uncensorable Access to AI

Routstrd is unlike any other inference provider out there. Because it's not an inference provider, it's a tool, powered by Nostr and Bitcoin, that works for you.

A tool that:
1. Constantly searches Nostr for Routstr/AI nodes
2. Finds the cheapest available provider for the model you like
3. Falls back to the next best one based on availability

Because there's an open competition between Routstr nodes to offer the best price, latency and uptime, you will never be disappointed. We have 8-9 Routstr nodes right now.

To get started run these 3 commands:
1. bun install -g routstrd
2. routstrd onboard
(choose your favorite agent here, Claude Code, OpenCode, OpenClaw, and Pi Agent have quick installations for now, you can integrate it with any app on your machine)
3. routstrd receive 2100
(scan a Lightning invoice and voila, start your agent)

The Nostr + Bitcoin experience just became unbeatable! No KYC, no credit cards, no permissions.

It also has a beautiful TUI that keeps you up to date on what's happening.






I've been using Routstrd for a month now. It was easier to battle test it if you're its primary user.

Btw the competition between Routstr nodes is getting heated right now and thus you're getting the best price for your sats.

Bitcoiners get the best price! And with Routstrd, Bitcoiners also get the best experience.

Please try it out and let @redshift know if you face any issues. Thank you @Thefux and @Evan for testing this.

New Release!
Routstr Core v0.4.0: With Open Nostr Analytics

Major Changes:
1. Open Analytics:
Routstr nodes now periodically share combined usage stats on Nostr.
(Enabled by default, can be disabled in the settings)

And as a user, you can now look at how the Routstr network is doing here:
https://routstr.com/stats

We've done 1.2M sats in volume this month across 7 nodes. Just getting started, we're optimistic that we'll grow this 10x and 100x in the near future.

2. Child Keys:
Teams can now manage apikeys and child keys for their teams on using a single upstream like api.routstr.com (Platform UI still in beta, pls report bugs: https://beta.platform.routstr.com).

3. Admin Dashboard Redesigned:
Now it's slicker with fewer bugs. Thanks to @Evan our UI wizard. Helping you manage your models and upstreams better.

4. Routstr Node Upstreams:
You can now add other Routstr nodes as upstream and your node will pay for other nodes with lightning/cashu. api.routstr.com will be doing only Routstr node upstreams going forward, you can use this as your base URL easily.

5. X-Cashu Caching:
A long awaited feature where x-cashu refunds are caching for a while before the node deletes them. If the user forgets to store refunds, you won't lose funds.

Plus other minor improvements and bug fixes.

Please upgrade your nodes by pulling the latest from main and run `docker compose up --build -d`.