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      "description": "This is an update to a Summer 2024 blog post. At the time, atproto relays required a cache of the full network on local disk to validate data structures. With the Sync v1.1 updates, relays don't need ...",
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      "title": "A Full-Network Relay for $34 a Month | bryan newbold",
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  "text": "I dunno if I necessarily agree.\n\n1. You don't need a relay; you can theoretically subscribe to every PDS on your own if you wanted. And people are running their own relays; it's about $34/month. Not common but not hundreds of thousands of dollars either\nwhtwnd.com/bnewbold.net..."
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