Isn't this what good clients like Gossip already do?
Perhaps none of your preferred relays have an event you are interested in. You could be reading a thread but you are missing the original post and you can’t make sense of the conversation because the events are in relays you can’t or don’t wish to connect to.
What if you could request missing events from other clients (e.g. your follows)?
Your client: Hey, I’m interested in this event. Do you have it? If so please publish it to the relays we both share. If not, it’s alright.
Their client: Oh sure, no problem!
Your client: Gee, thanks!
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Discussion
Gossip already sends requests to other clients when it’s missing events?
I thought it used the Outbox Model, meaning it figures out which relays to connect to so it can grab the missing events.
The Outbox Model is not what I’m hinting at.
You're right
No, this is a new way to get events without connecting to the relays that already hold them.