We are also building a kind of relay proxy. To hide the difference, to save the bandwidth and to provide connectivity for those have no direct access to relays
Love your thought process. My vote is #2, but it is a tradeoff. I had a beer with nostr:nprofile1qqsx8zd7vjg70d5na8ek3m8g3lx3ghc8cp5d9sdm4epy0wd4aape6vsppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qg3waehxw309ahx7um5wgh8w6twv5hsef8nss this afternoon and I have some ideas for making "relay proxies" that can augment parochial relays as routers/brokers. Post to come.
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Cool, you should read my latest blog post, it might be relevant
Link please?
It's long and rambly, look for relay proxies if that's all you're interested in
I think it will be cool if you support 30023 too