diff --git a/src/controllers/AuthController.ts b/src/controllers/AuthController.ts
index 34b2f7a..c2efb4c 100644
--- a/src/controllers/AuthController.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/AuthController.ts
@@ -74,25 +74,16 @@ export class AuthController {
       })
     )
 
-    const relaysState = store.getState().relays
+    const relayMap = await this.nostrController.getRelayMap(pubkey)
 
-    if (relaysState) {
-      // Relays state is defined and there is no need to await for the latest relay map
-      this.nostrController.getRelayMap(pubkey).then((relayMap) => {
-        if (!compareObjects(relaysState?.map, relayMap)) {
-          store.dispatch(setRelayMapAction(relayMap.map))
-        }
-      })
-    } else {
-      // Relays state is not defined, await for the latest relay map
-      const relayMap = await this.nostrController.getRelayMap(pubkey)
+    if (Object.keys(relayMap).length < 1) {
+      // Navigate user to relays page if relay map is empty
+      return Promise.resolve(appPrivateRoutes.relays)
+    }
 
-      if (Object.keys(relayMap).length < 1) {
-        // Navigate user to relays page
-        return Promise.resolve(appPrivateRoutes.relays)
-      }
-
-      store.dispatch(setRelayMapAction(relayMap.map))
+    if (store.getState().auth?.loggedIn) {
+      if (!compareObjects(store.getState().relays?.map, relayMap.map))
+        store.dispatch(setRelayMapAction(relayMap.map))
     }
 
     const visitedLink = getVisitedLink()
diff --git a/src/controllers/NostrController.ts b/src/controllers/NostrController.ts
index 4dcf651..1b80595 100644
--- a/src/controllers/NostrController.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/NostrController.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import NDK, {
   NDKNip46Signer,
   NDKPrivateKeySigner,
   NDKUser,
-  NostrEvent
+  NostrEvent,
+  NDKSubscription
 } from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk'
 import {
   Event,
@@ -11,25 +12,45 @@ import {
   SimplePool,
   UnsignedEvent,
   Filter,
+  Relay,
   finalizeEvent,
   nip04,
   nip19,
   kinds
 } from 'nostr-tools'
 import { EventEmitter } from 'tseep'
-import { updateNsecbunkerPubkey } from '../store/actions'
+import {
+  updateNsecbunkerPubkey,
+  setMostPopularRelaysAction,
+  setRelayInfoAction,
+  setRelayConnectionStatusAction
+} from '../store/actions'
 import { AuthState, LoginMethods } from '../store/auth/types'
 import store from '../store/store'
-import { SignedEvent, RelayMap } from '../types'
-import { getNsecBunkerDelegatedKey, verifySignedEvent } from '../utils'
+import {
+  SignedEvent,
+  RelayMap,
+  RelayStats,
+  ReadRelay,
+  RelayInfoObject,
+  RelayConnectionStatus,
+  RelayConnectionState
+} from '../types'
+import {
+  compareObjects,
+  getNsecBunkerDelegatedKey,
+  verifySignedEvent
+} from '../utils'
+import axios from 'axios'
 
 export class NostrController extends EventEmitter {
   private static instance: NostrController
-  private specialMetadataRelay = 'wss://purplepag.es'
 
   private bunkerNDK: NDK | undefined
   private remoteSigner: NDKNip46Signer | undefined
 
+  private connectedRelays: Relay[] | undefined
+
   private constructor() {
     super()
   }
@@ -390,12 +411,7 @@ export class NostrController extends EventEmitter {
   getRelayMap = async (
     npub: string
   ): Promise<{ map: RelayMap; mapUpdated: number }> => {
-    const mostPopularRelays = import.meta.env.VITE_MOST_POPULAR_RELAYS
-    const hardcodedPopularRelays = (mostPopularRelays || '').split(' ')
-    const popularRelayURIs = [
-      this.specialMetadataRelay,
-      ...hardcodedPopularRelays
-    ]
+    const mostPopularRelays = await this.getMostPopularRelays()
 
     const pool = new SimplePool()
 
@@ -405,9 +421,11 @@ export class NostrController extends EventEmitter {
       authors: [npub]
     }
 
-    const event = await pool.get(popularRelayURIs, eventFilter).catch((err) => {
-      return Promise.reject(err)
-    })
+    const event = await pool
+      .get(mostPopularRelays, eventFilter)
+      .catch((err) => {
+        return Promise.reject(err)
+      })
 
     if (event) {
       // Handle founded 10002 event
@@ -427,6 +445,10 @@ export class NostrController extends EventEmitter {
         }
       })
 
+      this.getRelayInfo(Object.keys(relaysMap))
+
+      this.connectToRelays(Object.keys(relaysMap))
+
       return Promise.resolve({ map: relaysMap, mapUpdated: event.created_at })
     } else {
       return Promise.reject('User relays were not found.')
@@ -437,11 +459,13 @@ export class NostrController extends EventEmitter {
    * Publishes relay map.
    * @param relayMap - relay map.
    * @param npub - user's npub.
+   * @param extraRelaysToPublish - optional relays to publish relay map.
    * @returns - promise that resolves into a string representing publishing result.
    */
   publishRelayMap = async (
     relayMap: RelayMap,
-    npub: string
+    npub: string,
+    extraRelaysToPublish?: string[]
   ): Promise<string> => {
     const timestamp = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000)
     const relayURIs = Object.keys(relayMap)
@@ -471,18 +495,266 @@ export class NostrController extends EventEmitter {
 
     let relaysToPublish = relayURIs
 
-    // If relay map is empty, use most popular relay URIs
-    if (!relaysToPublish.length) {
-      const mostPopularRelays = import.meta.env.VITE_MOST_POPULAR_RELAYS
-      const hardcodedPopularRelays = (mostPopularRelays || '').split(' ')
-
-      relaysToPublish = [this.specialMetadataRelay, ...hardcodedPopularRelays]
+    // Add extra relays if provided
+    if (extraRelaysToPublish) {
+      relaysToPublish = [...relaysToPublish, ...extraRelaysToPublish]
     }
 
-    await this.publishEvent(signedEvent, relaysToPublish)
+    // If relay map is empty, use most popular relay URIs
+    if (!relaysToPublish.length) {
+      relaysToPublish = await this.getMostPopularRelays()
+    }
 
-    return Promise.resolve(
-      `Relay Map published on: ${relaysToPublish.join('\n')}`
+    const publishResult = await this.publishEvent(signedEvent, relaysToPublish)
+
+    if (publishResult && publishResult.length) {
+      return Promise.resolve(
+        `Relay Map published on: ${publishResult.join('\n')}`
+      )
+    }
+
+    return Promise.reject('Publishing updated relay map was unsuccessful.')
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Provides most popular relays.
+   * @param numberOfTopRelays - number representing how many most popular relays to provide
+   * @returns - promise that resolves into an array of most popular relays
+   */
+  getMostPopularRelays = async (
+    numberOfTopRelays: number = 30
+  ): Promise<string[]> => {
+    const mostPopularRelaysState = store.getState().relays?.mostPopular
+
+    // return most popular relays from app state if present
+    if (mostPopularRelaysState) return mostPopularRelaysState
+
+    // relays in env
+    const { VITE_MOST_POPULAR_RELAYS } = import.meta.env
+    const hardcodedPopularRelays = (VITE_MOST_POPULAR_RELAYS || '').split(' ')
+    const url = `https://stats.nostr.band/stats_api?method=stats`
+
+    const response = await axios.get<RelayStats>(url).catch(() => undefined)
+
+    if (!response) {
+      return hardcodedPopularRelays //return hardcoded relay list
+    }
+
+    const data = response.data
+
+    if (!data) {
+      return hardcodedPopularRelays //return hardcoded relay list
+    }
+
+    const apiTopRelays = data.relay_stats.user_picks.read_relays
+      .slice(0, numberOfTopRelays)
+      .map((relay: ReadRelay) => relay.d)
+
+    if (!apiTopRelays.length) {
+      return Promise.reject(`Couldn't fetch popular relays.`)
+    }
+
+    if (store.getState().auth?.loggedIn) {
+      store.dispatch(setMostPopularRelaysAction(apiTopRelays))
+    }
+
+    return apiTopRelays
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sets information about relays into relays.info app state.
+   * @param relayURIs - relay URIs to get information about
+   */
+  getRelayInfo = async (relayURIs: string[]) => {
+    // initialize job request
+    const jobEventTemplate: EventTemplate = {
+      content: '',
+      created_at: Math.round(Date.now() / 1000),
+      kind: 68001,
+      tags: [
+        ['i', `${JSON.stringify(relayURIs)}`],
+        ['j', 'relay-info']
+      ]
+    }
+
+    // sign job request event
+    const jobSignedEvent = await this.signEvent(jobEventTemplate)
+
+    const relays = [
+      'wss://relay.damus.io',
+      'wss://relay.primal.net',
+      'wss://relayable.org'
+    ]
+
+    // publish job request
+    await this.publishEvent(jobSignedEvent, relays)
+
+    console.log('jobSignedEvent :>> ', jobSignedEvent)
+
+    const subscribeWithTimeout = (
+      subscription: NDKSubscription,
+      timeoutMs: number
+    ): Promise<string> => {
+      return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        const eventHandler = (event: NDKEvent) => {
+          subscription.stop()
+          resolve(event.content)
+        }
+
+        subscription.on('event', eventHandler)
+
+        // Set up a timeout to stop the subscription after a specified time
+        const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
+          subscription.stop() // Stop the subscription
+          reject(new Error('Subscription timed out')) // Reject the promise with a timeout error
+        }, timeoutMs)
+
+        // Handle subscription close event
+        subscription.on('close', () => clearTimeout(timeout))
+      })
+    }
+
+    const dvmNDK = new NDK({
+      explicitRelayUrls: relays
+    })
+
+    await dvmNDK.connect(2000)
+
+    // filter for getting DVM job's result
+    const sub = dvmNDK.subscribe({
+      kinds: [68002 as number],
+      '#e': [jobSignedEvent.id],
+      '#p': [jobSignedEvent.pubkey]
+    })
+
+    // asynchronously get block number from dvm job with 20 seconds timeout
+    const dvmJobResult = await subscribeWithTimeout(sub, 20000)
+
+    if (!dvmJobResult) {
+      return Promise.reject(`Relay(s) information wasn't received`)
+    }
+
+    let relaysInfo: RelayInfoObject
+
+    try {
+      relaysInfo = JSON.parse(dvmJobResult)
+    } catch (error) {
+      return Promise.reject(`Invalid relay(s) information.`)
+    }
+
+    if (
+      relaysInfo &&
+      !compareObjects(store.getState().relays?.info, relaysInfo)
+    ) {
+      store.dispatch(setRelayInfoAction(relaysInfo))
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Establishes connection to relays.
+   * @param relayURIs - an array of relay URIs
+   * @returns - promise that resolves into an array of connections
+   */
+  connectToRelays = async (relayURIs: string[]) => {
+    // Copy of relay connection status
+    const relayConnectionsStatus: RelayConnectionStatus = JSON.parse(
+      JSON.stringify(store.getState().relays?.connectionStatus || {})
     )
+
+    const connectedRelayURLs = this.connectedRelays
+      ? this.connectedRelays.map((relay) => relay.url)
+      : []
+
+    // Check if connections already established
+    if (compareObjects(connectedRelayURLs, relayURIs)) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    const connections = relayURIs
+      .filter((relayURI) => !connectedRelayURLs.includes(relayURI))
+      .map((relayURI) =>
+        Relay.connect(relayURI)
+          .then((relay) => {
+            // put connection status into relayConnectionsStatus object
+            relayConnectionsStatus[relayURI] = relay.connected
+              ? RelayConnectionState.Connected
+              : RelayConnectionState.NotConnected
+
+            return relay
+          })
+          .catch(() => {
+            relayConnectionsStatus[relayURI] = RelayConnectionState.NotConnected
+          })
+      )
+
+    const connected = await Promise.all(connections)
+
+    // put connected relays into connectedRelays private property, so it can be closed later
+    this.connectedRelays = connected.filter(
+      (relay) => relay instanceof Relay && relay.connected
+    ) as Relay[]
+
+    if (Object.keys(relayConnectionsStatus)) {
+      if (
+        !compareObjects(
+          store.getState().relays?.connectionStatus,
+          relayConnectionsStatus
+        )
+      ) {
+        store.dispatch(setRelayConnectionStatusAction(relayConnectionsStatus))
+      }
+    }
+
+    return Promise.resolve(relayConnectionsStatus)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Disconnects from relays.
+   * @param relayURIs - array of relay URIs to disconnect from
+   */
+  disconnectFromRelays = async (relayURIs: string[]) => {
+    const connectedRelayURLs = this.connectedRelays
+      ? this.connectedRelays.map((relay) => relay.url)
+      : []
+
+    relayURIs
+      .filter((relayURI) => connectedRelayURLs.includes(relayURI))
+      .forEach((relayURI) => {
+        if (this.connectedRelays) {
+          const relay = this.connectedRelays.find(
+            (relay) => relay.url === relayURI
+          )
+
+          if (relay) {
+            // close relay connection
+            relay.close()
+
+            // remove relay from connectedRelays property
+            this.connectedRelays = this.connectedRelays.filter(
+              (relay) => relay.url !== relayURI
+            )
+          }
+        }
+      })
+
+    if (store.getState().relays?.connectionStatus) {
+      const connectionStatus = JSON.parse(
+        JSON.stringify(store.getState().relays?.connectionStatus)
+      )
+
+      relayURIs.forEach((relay) => {
+        delete connectionStatus[relay]
+      })
+
+      if (
+        !compareObjects(
+          store.getState().relays?.connectionStatus,
+          connectionStatus
+        )
+      ) {
+        // Update app state
+        store.dispatch(setRelayConnectionStatusAction(connectionStatus))
+      }
+    }
   }
 }