ProtonVPN seems to make a lot of relays unhappy. Using Primal's anonymizing proxy is an okay workaround, but I'm curious about the problem. Is it Proton's lack of Windows and macOS IPv6 support? Or do many relays block VPN traffic?
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Primal does not actually read from the relays you use, ever.
It only uses their proxy for writes. And it shows every relay as connected even if it fails when it is enabled.
About relays, nostr.land does not block VPNs
In my testing, I don’t have the same problem with all Nostr clients. It’s something unique to the combination of Primal without its privacy proxy enabled and VPN clients. I’ve tried multiple privacy VPNs and multiple Nostr clients. Primal’s web and mobile apps are both affected. And iOS and multiple Chromium-based desktop browsers are affected. (Not tested other browsers yet.) No clear causal mechanism - traffic just stops after a while.
Primal’s “privacy proxy” only connects to relays once you broadcast. Otherwise it lies to you.
What is most likely happening is Primal doesn’t send anything to relays, only writes. And so relays see these connections as inactive and close them