Ye, if they knew, they would. Defeat the point in what sense? On a technical level, why not just have one global relay then? If no one would ever use a relay nefariously then surely one would just be enough?
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If you only have on relay for everyone, then how is your network decentralized ? Hard to be censorship resistant with a centralized entity
Ok. I agree fully. I’m
Or advocating for one relay, but you said what’s the point of having a relay if people can just unfollow it? I’m saying it so cheap to make relays that “good” relays can easily turn into “bad” relays.