this is how it works. as guard nodes know your ip is better to trust on one of them rather than randomly changing like other nodes. they rotate like in three months iirc
That look like a good response, thank you
getting these cryptic logs about guards:
All current guards excluded by path restriction type 2; using an additonal guard. All current guards excluded by path restriction type 2; using an additonal guard. [3 similar message(s) suppressed in last 132840 seconds] > ... is this something to worry about? sorry for hijacking the post.
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