Nostr: Do I need to pay to use a relay?
Not necessarily.
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Not necessarily.
No.
Yes.
Some clients can connect to relays through Tor when configured to use a Tor proxy or a Tor-capable environment.
Yes.
An ordinary signed event is immutable: changing its content changes its ID and requires a new signature.
You can publish a NIP-09 deletion request for your own event.
A different private key produces a different public identity under Nostr's basic key model.
A relay can reject, remove, or decline to show events on its own server.
Privacy depends on the messaging scheme and client.
A public post is signed by a stable public key, so people can link its activity over time.