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Colby | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Outbox works well across well-connected relays, it’s just disparate relays that don’t even know of each other — they can’t share the NIP-65 event.

If you aren’t aware of relays in other countries then you can’t sync with them. The DHT enables you to discover the other relays. See?
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Colby | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 This is basic computer science. 🤦‍♂️

I don’t know how else to simplify it.

It’s very simple when you think about it.
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cloud fodder | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 ah, yes, relay discovery, it sounds like you have DHT for this, ive been working on implementing nip66 draft.   relays and clients of relays to share discovery info, by posting it to other relays
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Colby | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 If you don’t know other relays exist, you can’t post to them! That’s the point of the DHT… DHTs let you discover neighboring nodes without a centralized list of nodes.
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cloud fodder | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 oh man, i hear ya man, no need to shout.  😂

#relays 🦖
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Colby | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 🫂