Hi everyone,
My name is Jaellan Rodrigues, I'm an architect and digital marketing strategist from Brazil, and currently operating a high-uptime ANON relay node. I'm really impressed with the work behind the Anyone Protocol and I'm exploring ways to contribute more — while also optimizing the reward structure.
I’m considering deploying two ANON relays on the same VPS, but using different public IP addresses (each assigned via separate virtual interfaces). The goal is to help expand the network further while potentially maximizing rewards from staking and performance.
Here’s what I’d like to clarify:
Is it permitted (and technically supported) to run two relays from the same physical machine, but with different public IPv4s?
Will the rewards and network scoring treat them as independent relays, assuming proper isolation of ports,
DataDirectory, and configuration?Are there any known limitations or policies in the protocol or in the directory authorities that would penalize or deprioritize multiple relays from the same host?
I already understand that multiple relays behind the same IP are limited (due to AuthDirMaxServersPerAddr), but I’d love to confirm if multiple unique-IP setups are valid and encouraged.
Thanks in advance for the guidance — looking forward to helping strengthen the network.
All the best,
Jaellan Rodrigues
Anyone
Hi Jaellan,
Sorry for the late reply here, for what it’s worth and in short, yes it’s allowed with one condition, you should declare both relays as the same family with the
MyFamilyconfiguration option and you’re good, the network won’t deprioritize the nodes in any way, just avoid using the those nodes in full circuit combinations if they’re operated in the same family and make connections through other nodes to avoid compromise. If not declared properly a form of deprioritization might occur if consensus weight decreases a lot. Rewards can be affected by this. You should probably see an increase in circuits on the network since they won’t be used twice in a circuit.Best regards