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It would be cool to see relays that also act as proxies to all other known relays.

This way, rather than syncing *all* data with all other relays and using a lot of bandwidth/space, it would get a request from a client to look up posts from a particular user, and it would then ping all other relays for that users posts.

Is this possible?
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MaxMoney21M⚡ 2y ago

nostr.wine already does this with it's filter relay (filter.nostr.wine)

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Andrew 2y ago

yeah great example, something like that! if in theory, all relays had this functionality, wouldn’t this mean that clients could connect a user to any handful of relays at random, and they’d get the coverage they need?

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MaxMoney21M⚡ 2y ago

This is by design not part of the protocol, because it has a centralizing aspect to it. There is no global view of everything on nostr, just like there is no global view of everything on the internet. Relays can do this, but it will (and should) remain a custom, optional solution.