>
> If you're running a shielded node, your address is relative to the address
> of the proxy node. I suppose you could say that you can "switch" proxy
> node by starting to send your messages through a new proxy, in which case
> you'll still be receiving messages from the old proxy but will now how two
> addresses by which you can receive messages. That's not advantageous from
> the point of routing, in which you want to a single address for each node.
Not true at all. You can have as many addresses as you like. Remember
that the identity of a node is its public key, not its address.
> But worse is that I don't know how you could use ARK resolution to
> maintain your address as proxy nodes disappear from the network if you
> have multiple addresses since an ARK only resolves to a single address.
No. Arks resolve to a "Contact list" which lists all possible addresses
that work at the time.
>
> Which means, basically, that if you're trying to switch proxies then
> you'll end up with broken references to your node, which is bad.
>
> If you use a single proxy and ARK resolution then you can maintain a
> single consistent address forever.
Not necessary.
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