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 I smell a new npub-based ssl certificate replacement for relays coming 
 This is how we win.
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 Nostr be-like: 

forget what you know, open your mind to what's next 

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 The idea here is to identify the relay with a uri something like thus:

wsn://npub1234....7890@[1001:1003:1003:1004::abcd]:8443

wsn://npub1234....7890@22.33.44.55:8443

wsn://npub1234....7890@centralizeddomainname.com:8443

wsn://npub1234...7890@torelayabcd...efg.onion:8443

Where the format is
wsn://<public key>@<IP addr>:<port>

wsn: Web Sockets Nostr

The @ symbol could be changed to something that doesen't have an alternative meaning. Maybe #, %, &, ~ or whatnot

The only downside is it wouldn't play nice with reverse websocket proxies 
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 This is how @simplex works basically.