i worked on a btcd fork that was aimed at a hard fork to the Parallelcoin *cough* altcoin, https://github.com/p9c/p9 and i'm looking at options of Go based relays, this one looks like a good bet to start with: https://github.com/barkyq/gnost-relay and the requirements of instance syncing and performance are definitely things i know how to work on and for sure i can make something with a much better througput/latency than stirfry, which i do understand is one of the most complete and performant currently.

writing proactive caching strategies based on web of trusts seems like a very juicy problem to dig into, this is always helpful for motivating me with my work.

i assume it is not necessary for me to repeat this application elsewhere, since i'm publishing it via my npub on nostr. will maybe rebroadcast it from my usual client.

been wanting an excuse to work on a relay and this looks like a good challenge and not too high a target that i should be able to hit it within a month or two.