They were definitely an odd one. Wasn’t it free? And didn’t they have like 6+ regional nodes?

I also paid for probably a dozen or more relays a couple years ago when paid relays were just starting - most of which are no longer running. I knew at the time that the majority wouldn’t survive the year let alone my lifetime. Most of them were very cheap so I viewed them more as donations than a payment for a reliable performant service.

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Sorry, I never got notified about this reply. Dug it out only just now.

The math doesn’t work when you required to inject capital into service to maintain it, while only new users pay to join. If you have other ways to subsidize the cost (you do) then it is reasonable. Otherwise numbers don’t add up.