runningbitcoin

Hey there,

Have been running few nodes and always struggling to understand what's the best/secure/private/anonymous option to connect remotely to the node to perform some maintenance.

As `ssh` is not always available, have been exploring connecting to nodes remotely (outside the local network) with a Tor browser and also using the IP provided by TailScale

Any feedback on these two will be much appreciated or in case other options ara available please share your solution(s) below 

Thanks in advance

Connecting to remotely nodes, what's the best option? Tor, TailScale...

02a0eb55b5

Plug and Play Bitcoin/Lightning node Solution?

grayruby

First of all you should ask yourself for what do you want to run that LN node.
There are many types of LN nodes and use cases.

Please start reading here, is very important to read these:
- https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/what-bitcoin-ln-node-software-can
- https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/managing-lightning-node-liquidity
- https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/recommendations-for-ln-users
- https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/private-lightning-nodes
- https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/lightning-node-maintenance
- https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/lightning-routing-fees-experiment
- https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/umbrel-bitcoin-ln-node
- https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/bitcoin-private-banks-over-lightning

and many more that I wrote.

DarthCoin

## Portrait Of The Hodler As A Young Stoner

If you were an American teenager in the 1970s, you couldn't avoid being exposed to a lot of half baked spiritualism served up with a healthy(?) dose of hallucinogens, and I was no exception. In addition to Carlos Castaneda novels and The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe,  most of us wound up reading Zen And The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M Pirsig. The book captured the mood of the time: We all wanted to get high and live out our Kerouac On the Road fantasies, and the self sufficient minimalism was perfect for our post Easy Rider lifestyle. That was my introduction to Buddhism. 

![The Master](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Keye_Luke_Master_Po_Kung_Fu.JPG)

Now, I must say I don't consider myself a card carrying Buddhist. But let's face it. A real Buddhist would never carry a card.  The point is, in the end I absorbed a few truths from guys like Pirsig. 

I'm sure you're wondering what the hell this has to do with Bitcoin in general, and Stacker News in particular. 

Well, let me try to explain...

## I Wanna Be A Whale, Now!!

I have seen many posts by beginners asking for advice on how to earn sats on this site. Some are blunt pleas, and others try to finesse it in an attempt not to appear too greedy.  You might as well be honest. You want us all to throw thousands of sats at you, and preferably very quickly. Well, forget it. That ain't gonna happen. Nor should it. And that's a good thing, whether you know it yet or not.  

But, I will try to help you have a long, rewarding experience here. 

## Just Who The Hell Do I Think I Am?

Some may wonder what makes me think I have the knowledge needed to tell anyone how to stack sats here. It's true that I'm still learning, and it's not like I'm getting rich spending what is probably way too much time wandering around this site, but I think I can help newcomers avoid my mistakes and explain what seems to work for me, an average SN stacker. 

## Who Can Benefit From This Article?

 If you're the guy who bought 10,000 bitcoin at 8 cents each in 2010, and managed not to sell them during the many pumps of the early years, and you didn't lose your keys, and didn't get wiped out during the Mt Gox mess, and you resisted a shitcoin siren call in 2016, and you still have your stack, just stop reading. I have nothing to teach you. You are the master.  I am your humble student. 

And, I hate you. Go fuck yourself.

(*Jealousy and hate are not the Way of the Buddha. I am imperfect)

However, if you're new to bitcoin and just learning, Welcome! 

So, what I took from my brush with Buddhism is basically to learn as much as you can about a topic, absorb it from all angles, and then forget about it when it's time to act. When you know enough,  conscious thought gets in the way. 

Once you are prepared, you just do. You don't think about doing. 

You start by learning.

### *"A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving." – Tao Te Ching, Chapter 27* ###

Take a breath. Explore. Read through the FAQ and Guide that you can find at the bottom of the page. Spend some time poking around the site. You will discover that there are many types of people here: beginners like yourself, people like me who have been around bitcoin for a few years but are still learning, some OG hodlers from back in the day, some bitcoin celebrities, some bitcoin core guys,  and many really smart, 20 or 30 something year old coders and developers who work in the bitcoin ecosystem and are doing some amazing things. You can learn from everyone. And you should.

Alas, no one is going to throw lots of sats at you when you first get here, and,  in all likelihood not for a long time. 

## First Steps

![Wiz](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/The_Wizard_of_Oz_Garland_Lahr_Haley_Bolger_1939.jpg)


After getting familiar with the layout and reading some content, the next thing you should do is create an account. Choose your nym. Most people here protect their privacy, and you should too when choosing a nym, unless you want to be identified. Next, create your bio. I think this is important,  since it's your opportunity to introduce yourself and tell us why you're here. By providing information in the bio you might interact with other users who have things in common with you. It's important to develop relationships with people to share advice, experiences, etc. 

Keep in mind that publishing your bio is making your first post. It's free. Take advantage of it. I don't recommend short bios. The more you say about yourself, the greater the likelihood that someone will find something interesting to talk to you about.  You might even get a welcome tip of a few sats.  

## A Word Of Caution

One caveat : This is a bitcoin site. The site is filled with bitcoin maxis. If you're at the stage where you're experimenting with other coins, or if you think there is a place for sh... um, alt coins in this world, you are entitled to your beliefs.  You will find your people here too, eventually. Mentioning it in your bio, though, might not be the best move. You can bring it up later. If you ignore my advice,  at best you will be ignored. At worst, you shall suffer the wrath of DarthCoin. Good luck, brave one. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger! (I don't buy that. If you live but lose a leg? Or suffer serious head trauma? Never mind)

![Darth](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Star_Wars_-_Darth_Vader.jpg)


## So What About The Zen Thing?

I know it took me a while, but now we'll get down to the zen. You have a few sats from your bio post and maybe from your free second post and a few more from your five free comments. Now what? 

Well. Why are you here? I hope it's because you have become obsessed with bitcoin, and you need to know more. Not want, but need. You may have gotten interested due to greed. That's understandable. Most of us did. I first got interested during the 2017 pump. Am I rich now? No. Do I have a Lambo? No. But guess what? I don't want a Lambo any more. It's meaningless to me now. I own a 20 year old Toyota. Is that all I can afford? No. I could buy a nicer car, but I'd rather stack sats. 

![Jed](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Hillbillies.JPG)


Soon you won't care either. First, you'll learn about low time preference. Later, you'll understand what that really means.

You will stop caring about the fancy house and the car. Soon, you'll be thinking more about the mother in some poor African country trying to feed her family. Without a bank account. With decaying fiat money. You start feeling all those We Are All One vibes from bad 1970's Coca Cola commercials. Except now you know it's true.

You start donating to Alex Gladstein and Anita Posch.

But I digress.  Back to business:

### **“To receive everything, one must open one’s hands and give.” ― Taisen Deshimaru** ###

 I advise you to pretend you can't earn sats. But remember you can give sats. I would start by reading the recent posts. When you find an interesting one,  tip the poster some sats. Make this a regular practice. Don't worry about making your own posts yet. By doing this, you will be learning about bitcoin. You will be supporting people who post stuff you find interesting,  AND you will start earning sats. How? Well, the way SN works, you get sats for tipping top content early. Odds are, you will tip a few posts that become popular. If you liked it, others will likely like it too. By reading recent posts, you can discover good content early and earn more sats. As you learn more about bitcoin, you will be more discerning,  and will tip top content early more consistently. You learn, then earn. 

You will start building trust. What's that, you ask? Well Keyan Kousha, our leader and guru, is one of those wiz coders and developers I talked about earlier. He created some kind of fancy algorithm that increases your status here based on the quality of your tipping and posting. The higher your trust score, the more sats you can earn. How does it work? I have no clue. Ask him.

As your knowledge grows, start commenting on other people's posts. Ask questions. At the beginning you will have a lot of questions. Ask them. You may get lucky and one of your questions might become a top comment that earns you sats. Or maybe not. Who cares? It's very likely someone will answer your question, and you will learn. 

Soon, you discover the zen of this whole thing: The less you try to earn sats, the more sats you'll earn. I discovered this the hard way myself. Early on, I would think about what posts would likely earn me sats. I would put some thought into the post, carefully craft it, and post it. Then I'd sit back and wait for my sats. Crickets. Nothing. My post would get ignored. Then, later I'd read a post and respond with a quick comment or question, pretty much spontaneously and without expectations,  and I'd earn a few hundred sats. I was dumbfounded. Then it dawned on me. Genuine, real posts mattered. Honesty, like bitcoin itself, is what counts. Contrived crap, like a shitcoin, is ignored.

I think that's why ChatGPT posts are usually ignored. The writing quality might be higher than what we post, with better grammar and syntax, and perfect spelling. But, it seems fake and lifeless. I can't always put my finger on what's wrong with it, but I don't like it.

## If You Build It, They Will Come


Soon you will start posting. Maybe a few links here and there. Avoid posting dupes! Also, try to keep it interesting. Everyone has seen yesterday's Bitcoin Magazine, Coin Desk, or Cointelegraph article. Don't post it again. Post what you like to read.  Don't worry if it's a little off topic, so long as it's thought provoking. Of course, others may not agree. Your post might get ignored. So what? You're still learning.

You can use a little creativity for your link posts. The title can be edited. In fact, sometimes you must edit the title for length. Experiment. Make a funny headline. Maybe the mainstream media source sugar coated the content in the headline. Write what the article really means. By doing this, you bring value to a simple link post.

Next, you will create discussion posts. At first you might ask questions about something you don't understand. You can be pretty sure you'll get answers. If it's a complicated issue, you may inspire arguments and discussion. Your simple question could turn into a significant post, with lots of sats and a daily bonus. That will happen, just not when you expect it.

As you get more comfortable here, be generous. Tip new bio posts so that user has the sats to post right away, without having to fund his or her wallet.  Tip new accounts who put some effort into crafting a post, whether or not it's great. You've been there. You're not so removed from being a beginner yourself. And spread the wealth. You want to help increase adoption, right? You want to promote value for value, right? Circular economy? Start right here.

In the meantime, keep learning. Run a node, try to set up a nostr relay. Listen to podcasts night and day. And read. Read every damn bitcoin book you can find. Watch old Andreas Antonopoulos lectures on YouTube.  Go on Gigi's web site and read everything he's ever written. Soak up as much information about bitcoin as you can.

And always talk about it on Stacker News. You will help others on the journey. Soon the sats will be rolling in, but you won't be thinking about it. You will be too busy learning more.




The Zen of Stacking Sats On Stacker News

siggy47

Want your own custom lightning address? I wrote a guide for you.

santos

This guide is dedicated for all those new users, that want to start learning about (LN) Lightning Network nodes and choose the right type of method for his own necessity.

Inside this guide you will find many links to many other specific guides. Please don’t ignore them. This guide is a guidance between all of them, to help you choose your best path through Lightning Network.

There’s a MISCONCEPTION around the new bitcoiners that you MUST run a dedicated public routing node in order to be able to do some LN payments.

These will be the questions we will try to answer in this guide:

- Why do you want to run a LN node?
- What type of hardware you will use?
- What type of software you could use?
- What type of node do you want to run (public or private)?
- To which node peers you should connect?
- How you will manage the channels liquidity?

Read the full guide on my substack:
[Managing Lightning Node Liquidity](https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/managing-lightning-node-liquidity) - Methods, strategies, types, recommendations of how to start running a LN node and operate its liquidity.

[![darth-liquidity.jpg](https://i.postimg.cc/XYdJyWQb/darth-liquidity.jpg)](https://postimg.cc/sMfyttk6)

Managing Lightning Node Liquidity

Superstore: a simple bitcoin webstore | start selling stuff in seconds

super_testnet

Submarine swaps are a specific kind of atomic swap that allow moving sats between layers without counterparty risk.

> An atomic swap is a pair of transactions on different systems where one of them cannot happen if the other does not take place as well.

There are two types of swaps:

- Normal swaps, also known as *swap in*, which is the exchange of coins from on-chain to lightning (🔗 -> ⚡️).
- Reverse swaps or *swap out*, which is the exchange of coins from lightning to on-chain (⚡️ -> 🔗).

These operations are typically performed to rebalance channels, move funds to cold storage and to break the link of KYCed sats.

### Swapping in practice

Let's see a simplified example of how this works. 

Alice and Bob would like to perform a submarine swap. Alice will send funds on-chain (swapping in) and Bob will send funds on lightning (swapping out).

They start by exchanging their public keys with each other. Then, Alice builds a contract to lock the funds with a  preimage that she holds and two unlocking conditions:

1. The funds can be redeemed by using Bob's signature and the preimage. 
2. After x blocks, the funds can be redeemed by using Alice's signature.

> A preimage is a 32-byte random secret used to settle lightning payments.

Both parties are able to generate and verify this contract.

Alice now creates the on-chain transaction and broadcasts it to lock the coins with the contract, knowing that she will either receive sats via lightning or, if the trade fails, be able to unlock the coins after x blocks.

After the transaction has confirmed, Alice uses the same preimage to create a Lightning Network invoice and shares it with Bob.

Bob can verify the contract and safely pay the invoice because in order for Alice to claim the payment, she has to publicize the preimage, effectively giving Bob the possibility to unlock the on-chain funds from the contract by using the preimage and his signature.

> It's important that Bob redeems the funds before the contract allows Alice to redeem the on-chain funds.

Once Alice claims the lightning payment and shares the preimage, Bob takes out the funds from the contract and the trade is complete, none of them had to trust the other at any point in time.

### Services comparison

Now, if we want to do this ourselves, there are many services that let you perform this trade with them. Below is a list of the most popular ones and the fees they charge. 

> Miner/routing fees are not included.

| Name | 🔗 -> ⚡️ | ⚡️ -> 🔗 | Open source | Tor support |
| ------- | ---------- | ----------- | ---------- | ------------- |
| [Blink](https://blink.sv/) | 0.3 | 0.7 | [🗸](https://github.com/GaloyMoney/galoy-mobile) | ☓ |
| [Boltz](https://boltz.exchange) | 0.2 | 0.4 | [🗸](https://github.com/BoltzExchange) | [🗸](http://boltzzzbnus4m7mta3cxmflnps4fp7dueu2tgurstbvrbt6xswzcocyd.onion/) |
| [Breeze](https://breez.technology) | 0.75 (2,000 sats min fee) | 0.5 | [🗸](https://github.com/breez) | 🗸 |
| [coinos](https://coinos.io/) | 0.1 | 0.1 | [🗸](https://github.com/coinos) | [🗸](http://vm7h454g5hiy2nt3u5o7evtz3vigtypo2mkyausakvdkbmd7wpyhx5qd.onion/) |
| [Deezy](https://deezy.io) | - | 0.15 | [🗸](https://github.com/dannydeezy/deezy-auto-swap) | ☓ |
| [Diamond hands](https://swap.diamondhands.technology) | -0.15 | 0.2 | [🗸](https://github.com/diamondhands-dev) | ☓ |
| [Electrum](https://electrum.org) | ☓ | 0.5 | [🗸](https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum) | 🗸 |
| [FixedFloat](https://fixedfloat.com/) | 0.5/1 | 0.5/1 | ☓ | ☓ |
| [HodlHodl](https://hodlhodl.com) (trade) | 0.3 + premium | 0.3 + premium | [🗸](https://gitlab.com/hodlhodl-public) | ☓ |
| Loop | Variable (0.1 to 1) | Variable (0.1 to 1) | [🗸](https://github.com/lightninglabs/loop) | 🗸 |
| [Muun](https://muun.com) | Variable | 0.25 | [🗸](https://github.com/muun) | ☓ |
| [myloopoutbot](https://t.me/myloopoutbot) | - | 0.125 | ☓ | 🗸 (telegram over tor) |
| [Phoenix](https://phoenix.acinq.co) | 1 (3,000 sats min fee) | 0 | [🗸](https://github.com/ACINQ/phoenix) | 🗸 |
| [Robosats](https://unsafe.robosats.com/) (trade) | 0.025/0.175 + premium | 0.025/0.175 + premium | [🗸](https://github.com/Reckless-Satoshi/robosats) | [🗸](http://robosats6tkf3eva7x2voqso3a5wcorsnw34jveyxfqi2fu7oyheasid.onion/) |
| [Robosats](https://unsafe.robosats.com/) (swap) | - | Variable (from 1 to 10) | [🗸](https://github.com/Reckless-Satoshi/robosats) | [🗸](http://robosats6tkf3eva7x2voqso3a5wcorsnw34jveyxfqi2fu7oyheasid.onion/) |
| [WoS](https://www.walletofsatoshi.com/) | 0.5 | 0.5 + 26,000 sats | ☓ | ☓ |
| [ZigZag](https://zigzag.io) | - | 3 | [🗸](https://github.com/bitlum) | ☓ |

### Important notes

- In **Robosats**, the order maker pays a fee of 0.025% and the taker 0.175%. The built-in swap fee can be checked at the coordinator summary. The flow of the trade is not exactly as explained above, but similar in practice.
- Opening channels in **Phoenix** is expensive (1% fee) so I would suggest that you set up a big enough one and delay the rebalancing as much as possible. Also, don't forget to disable on-the-fly channel creation since it may open unnecessary channels and charge you 1% for each one opened when the sender can't find a route or he uses MPP.
- **Loop** requires to run both a Bitcoin and a Lightning node. The Loop client is open source but the server you do the swap with is proprietary, you have to perform it with Lightning Labs, which charges a fee for it. This fee depends on current on-chain fees and it's represented in satoshis, meaning that the higher the amount you swap, the lower percentage you will pay.

	There's also a prepayment of 30,000 sats that you have to do before starting the loop out, it's counted towards your swap but will be forfeited if you do not send the rest of the funds. It prevents denial of service attacks and covers the cost of failed swaps. Learn more [here](https://blog.lightning.engineering/technical/posts/2019/04/15/loop-out-in-depth.html).
- Funds sent to a **Muun** wallet are forced to be routed through a [node](https://amboss.space/node/038f8f113c580048d847d6949371726653e02b928196bad310e3eda39ff61723f6) with a 2500ppm (0.25%) fee. This attack is called [fee siphoning](https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/pqjcvo/stealing_sats_from_the_lightning_network/?rdt=36872).

	On the other hand, swapping in is the equivalent of doing two on-chain transactions, since when you deposit funds they are not really in the Lightning Network, you have to send the funds out of the Muun wallet to complete the swap. So in this case the fee is for the miners, and will depend on the network congestion and the amount that you send (higher amount, lower % fee).
- **Deezy** requires an access token to swap, must be requested through email or telegram. Swapping in is supported in the [API documentation](https://docs.deezy.io/#tag/Swap-(BTC-to-LN)) but it's not an option in the UI (only buying channels). The swap out fee can be checked [here](https://api.deezy.io/v1/swap/info), no information on how to check the swap in fee.
- **Electrum** and **Breeze** swaps are powered by Boltz. However, they charge 0.1% more than Boltz itself.
- **Diamond hands** is a Boltz's fork.
- **Blink** is the new name of the **Bitcoin Beach Wallet**. The first swap out costs 2,000 sats, the rest 0.7%.

### Which one is the best?

The answer will depend on your use case and preferences. But in my case, after having tried most of the services, I would lean towards private, non-custodial, fully open-source and inexpensive ones like: 

- **Robosats** (trade): cheapest way of swapping if the premium is chosen wisely. I have seen orders with premiums above 0.5% (benefiting the maker) which make absolutely no sense and are a waste of their time. A better number would be near 0, allowing both parties to benefit from the trade. 

    Probably in the range of -0.08 to 0 for *swap out* orders (remember, the on-chain fee is paid by the counterparty) and -0.05 to 0.05 for *swap in* orders.
- **Loop**: swap monitoring, miner and routing fees adjustments. Really affordable when swapping large amounts.
- **Boltz**: good reputation, beginner-friendly and simplest solution. Doesn't support Taproot.

There are also other worth mentioning options that do not offer as much privacy as the ones mentioned above, but that are still pretty good:

- **coinos**: one of the lowest fees, Tor support and extremely simple to create a new account. Custodial, but if you are using it just to swap it doesn't really matter.
- **Phoenix**: inital setup is expensive but then you enjoy swap outs without fees (apart from miner ones). A really convenient alternative if you are looking to be swapping out multiple times and for an extended period of time.

If you are swapping non-KYC sats, these two are fair pick. However, please take into account that using wallets lowers your privacy and is not recommended for breaking the link of KYCed sats.

This is because all your transactions are performed under the same identity, they store the xpub and all your movements in their databases. Even if the provider doesn't know who is the account owner, it has got information about where the funds came from and where they were sent. 

> With **coinos**, you could evade this by creating a new account for every swap.

Submarine Swaps Guide

aftermath

Beginner's Guide to Bitcoin Script : LN Capital's Twitter Thread

utxo

Guide - Public BTCPayServer with Umbrel & Tailscale

orangesurf

Many people now want a LN address, especially for NOSTR and for other use cases.

Some are concerned about custodial ones or simply want their own fancy LN address.

### Why?

I personally use many LN addresses, public ones and private ones, custodial and non-custodial. All depending the use case.

I use public ones, custodial, for public stuff, where my real identity is not revealed. Almost all of these custodial do not require a full KYC so is not a big deal using them. You just have to move the funds out, to your own private wallets wherever you consider is a good amount.

I use private LN address for PRIVATE stuff (private businesses, private communication with people that really know me, family, friends etc), stuff that is NOT PUBLIC.

People should learn to make the difference between public and private damn it! Seems that many still don't know it.

### How to achieve such thing?

You have many ways:

1. Using a federated server, in case you do not want / can't run your own LNURL private server.
[BridgeAddress](https://bridgeaddr.fiatjaf.com/) from fiatjaf is the perfect solution.
Why? Because:
- is offering a lot of connection types directly to your node or other funding sources.
- easy to setup, in max 10 min is functional (depending on your DNS provider).
- can be used with a Tor or ZeroTier node

Yes, you need a bit of trust in fiatjaf, for handling your we requests. But if you do not know who is fiatjaf in Bitcoin world, I don't know what are you doing here...

2. Using your own LNURL server.
And are many implementations out there.
Please consult the documentation page of https://lightningaddress.com or use one of these:
- https://github.com/nbd-wtf/satdress
- https://github.com/SatSale/SatSale
- https://github.com/niteshbalusu11/rustdress
- https://github.com/hieblmi/go-host-lnaddr

3. Using LNbits as LNDHUB and LNURL server provider
- https://github.com/lnbits/lnbits/wiki/LNbits-Documentation
- you could use the LN address extension or free-LN-address extension (see more here https://github.com/lnbits/lnbits/wiki/LNbits-Extensions)
- or you could just use LNbits with a temporary funding source and link it to BridgeAddress if you want more privacy in terms of the domain used.

There are many ways to play around with these tools, especially if you want to have a more private LN address.

Do you want /need a private LN address? Here is a simple guide

“Tips for Relays.

Forget about having a thousand and one relays.

The first option is to pay for nostr.wine, it allows you to use the filter.nostr.wine filter. The filter works both requesting events from other relays and sending events to other relays. In case you want to send events to other relays you have to add the relay with the following syntax:

wss://filter.nostr.wine/REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_NPUB?broadcast=true

Reading list:

wss://relay.damus.io
wss://nos.lol
wss://relay.current.fyi
wss://brb.io
wss://nostr.oxtr.dev
wss://relay.nostr.bg
wss://no.str.cr
wss://nostr.mom
wss://nostr.zebedee.cloud
wss://relay.plebstr.com
wss://offchain.pub

Writing list:

wss://relay.damus.io
wss://nos.lol
wss://relay.snort.social
wss://nostr.oxtr.dev
wss://relay.nostr.bg
wss://nostr.fmt.wiz.biz
wss://nostr.mom
wss://nostr.zebedee.cloud
wss://no.str.cr
wss://relay.plebstr.com
wss://offchain.pub

The next special relay is relay.nostr.band. This relay reads events from all relays and applies a spam filter, in the case of writing you only write to relay.nostr.band but it is a good complement to add content to relay filter.nostr.wine as it only requests events from your contacts and your contacts' contacts. It is not clear to me from which relay is requesting the events as the code is not available.

And finally the relay nostr.mutinywallet.com. This relay uses blastr which is a nostr cloudfare worker proxy that publishes to all known relays. Basically what it does is to read the list of online relays from nostr.watch and all events are queued to be executed in batches by another worker that rotates every 30s if there is an event queued, or once a certain amount of events are queued. In this case the relay is write-only.

In short, your relays could be reduced to 4:

wss://nostr.wine
wss://filter.nostr.wine/REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_NPUB?broadcast=true
wss://relay.nostr.band
wss://nostr.mutinywallet.com

With them you save bandwidth and battery, actually filter.nostr.wine in write mode and nostr.mutinywallet are redundant, but I put the two because nostr.mutinywallet.com has more amplitude because it publishes in all the online relays of nostr.watch and also because it has high availability in case of failure of any of the two relays mentioned above.

The same case is applicable in the case of reading for filter.nostr.wine and relay.nostr.band.”

Source: 

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