Yeah, I think the removal of proxy nodes and all the extra hops were resource intensive or too many messages and latency etc.
It would be cool if proxy nodes were allowed to be compatible or an option so there was a more strictly anon option.
Actually, I don’t think that too much has changed for clients but for Elders rather. They don’t have scrubbed IP’s anymore if I recall. They were routed through proxies before to scrub IP’s after first hop.
Admittedly it’s been awhile since this has been discussed so it’d be good for us all to get refreshed. I’ll search a bit but if anyone finds a gem, please share!
Edit: thread I’ve found so far. Dated 2019 though Anonymity and Proxy Nodes - #7 by dirvine