so uhm … that would be average hops times 2 Oo …?
not that I’d really worry if this conclusion is right 
I’m so looking forward for real world tests of the network =)
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How many relays will an average user use? Their max upload is my max download, so with 4 users offering a 500KB/sec. relay my download will stay at max 2 MB/sec.
Let’s continue in the other topic if we want to discuss the bandwidth-related implications of this “new” info.
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I follow these technical conversations and seems to me every time some sort of “breach” is found by the community, David quickly jumps in and explains how all has been nicely and securely solved already.
I am impressed by the team and the robust Design…are there any big design problems still unsolved?
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Let me know if I’m wrong but the way I read it it’s like it’s one node relay for the whole session.
It’s a single node per request (PUT-GET), multiple direct nodes for the same request or single node for the whole sessions?
Thank you.
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During test it will be, but then min 3 nodes replacing each one as any vanish. This requires some additional logic for replies etc. but the end result will be panellised access. It’s easy compared with everything else. So no worries there.
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nobody but a relay knows your IP but then it does not know what you are doing
The client managers address users through the DHT with an XOR address
Is it possible to have a friend/family/trust peer in the relay group?
Edited: Actually, nevermind on that. It is possible if one were building local meshnet with cjdns. My original theory was to connect to your trust peer, then it scrubs the IP address and gives an xor address. Your trusted peer only knows that you are connected to the maidsafe.
Is the role of relay node enforced by the network? Because being a relay for someone with a high bandwidth consumption will eat yours too. I imagine people would want to turn this off to save their bandwidth farming.
Every node is everything to everyone. This is one of the harder parts to visualise, but everything is randomised evenly (this is the hard visualisation) across the network. This is why we would not use single relay nodes in anger but several.
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