src/controllers/MetadataController.ts

@@ -1,28 +1,29 @@
+import NDK, { NDKEvent, NDKSubscription } from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk'
 import {
-  Filter,
-  SimplePool,
-  VerifiedEvent,
-  kinds,
-  validateEvent,
-  verifyEvent,
   Event,
   EventTemplate,
-  nip19
+  Filter,
+  VerifiedEvent,
+  kinds,
+  nip19,
+  validateEvent,
+  verifyEvent
 } from 'nostr-tools'
-import { NostrJoiningBlock, ProfileMetadata, RelaySet } from '../types'
-import { NostrController } from '.'
 import { toast } from 'react-toastify'
-import { queryNip05, unixNow } from '../utils'
-import NDK, { NDKEvent, NDKSubscription } from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk'
 import { EventEmitter } from 'tseep'
+import { NostrController, relayController } from '.'
 import { localCache } from '../services'
+import { NostrJoiningBlock, ProfileMetadata, RelaySet } from '../types'
 import {
   findRelayListAndUpdateCache,
   findRelayListInCache,
   getDefaultRelaySet,
+  getMostPopularRelays,
   getUserRelaySet,
-  isOlderThanOneWeek
+  isOlderThanOneWeek,
-} from '../utils/relays.ts'
+  queryNip05,
+  unixNow
+} from '../utils'
 
 export class MetadataController extends EventEmitter {
   private nostrController: NostrController
@@ -51,11 +52,9 @@ export class MetadataController extends EventEmitter {
       authors: [hexKey] // Authored by the specified key
     }
 
-    const pool = new SimplePool()
-
     // Try to get the metadata event from a special relay (wss://purplepag.es)
-    const metadataEvent = await pool
+    const metadataEvent = await relayController
-      .get([this.specialMetadataRelay], eventFilter)
+      .fetchEvent(eventFilter, [this.specialMetadataRelay])
       .catch((err) => {
         console.error(err) // Log any errors
         return null // Return null if an error occurs
@@ -80,11 +79,12 @@ export class MetadataController extends EventEmitter {
     }
 
     // If no valid metadata event is found from the special relay, get the most popular relays
-    const mostPopularRelays = await this.nostrController.getMostPopularRelays()
+    const mostPopularRelays = await getMostPopularRelays()
 
     // Query the most popular relays for metadata events
-    const events = await pool
+
-      .querySync(mostPopularRelays, eventFilter)
+    const events = await relayController
+      .fetchEvents(eventFilter, mostPopularRelays)
       .catch((err) => {
         console.error(err) // Log any errors
         return null // Return null if an error occurs
@@ -169,10 +169,7 @@ export class MetadataController extends EventEmitter {
         [this.specialMetadataRelay],
         hexKey
       )) ||
-      (await findRelayListAndUpdateCache(
+      (await findRelayListAndUpdateCache(await getMostPopularRelays(), hexKey))
-        await this.nostrController.getMostPopularRelays(),
-        hexKey
-      ))
 
     return relayEvent ? getUserRelaySet(relayEvent.tags) : getDefaultRelaySet()
   }
@@ -206,11 +203,15 @@ export class MetadataController extends EventEmitter {
         await this.nostrController.signEvent(newMetadataEvent)
     }
 
-    await this.nostrController
+    await relayController
-      .publishEvent(signedMetadataEvent, [this.specialMetadataRelay])
+      .publish(signedMetadataEvent, [this.specialMetadataRelay])
       .then((relays) => {
+        if (relays.length) {
           toast.success(`Metadata event published on: ${relays.join('\n')}`)
           this.handleNewMetadataEvent(signedMetadataEvent as VerifiedEvent)
+        } else {
+          toast.error('Could not publish metadata event to any relay!')
+        }
       })
       .catch((err) => {
         toast.error(err.message)
@@ -250,16 +251,10 @@ export class MetadataController extends EventEmitter {
       authors: [hexKey]
     }
 
-    const pool = new SimplePool()
+    // find user's kind 0 event published on user's relays
+    const event = await relayController.fetchEvent(eventFilter, userRelays)
 
-    // find user's kind 0 events published on user's relays
+    if (event) {
-    const events = await pool.querySync(userRelays, eventFilter)
-    if (events && events.length) {
-      // sort events by created_at time in ascending order
-      events.sort((a, b) => a.created_at - b.created_at)
-
-      // get first ever event published on user's relays
-      const event = events[0]
       const { created_at } = event
 
       // initialize job request
@@ -283,10 +278,12 @@ export class MetadataController extends EventEmitter {
         'wss://relayable.org'
       ]
 
-      // publish job request
+      await relayController.publish(jobSignedEvent, relays).catch((err) => {
-      await this.nostrController.publishEvent(jobSignedEvent, relays)
+        console.error(
-
+          'Error occurred in publish blockChain-block-number DVM job',
-      console.log('jobSignedEvent :>> ', jobSignedEvent)
+          err
+        )
+      })
 
       const subscribeWithTimeout = (
         subscription: NDKSubscription,

src/controllers/NostrController.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import NDK, {
   NDKUser,
   NostrEvent
 } from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk'
-import axios from 'axios'
 import {
   Event,
   EventTemplate,
@@ -20,10 +19,8 @@ import {
   nip19,
   nip44
 } from 'nostr-tools'
-import { toast } from 'react-toastify'
 import { EventEmitter } from 'tseep'
 import {
-  setMostPopularRelaysAction,
   setRelayConnectionStatusAction,
   setRelayInfoAction,
   updateNsecbunkerPubkey
@@ -35,17 +32,17 @@ import {
   RelayConnectionStatus,
   RelayInfoObject,
   RelayMap,
-  RelayReadStats,
-  RelayStats,
   SignedEvent
 } from '../types'
 import {
   compareObjects,
+  getDefaultRelayMap,
+  getMostPopularRelays,
   getNsecBunkerDelegatedKey,
   unixNow,
   verifySignedEvent
 } from '../utils'
-import { getDefaultRelayMap } from '../utils/relays.ts'
+import { relayController } from './'
 
 export class NostrController extends EventEmitter {
   private static instance: NostrController
@@ -223,98 +220,6 @@ export class NostrController extends EventEmitter {
     return NostrController.instance
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Function will publish provided event to the provided relays
-   *
-   * @param event - The event to publish.
-   * @param relays - An array of relay URLs to publish the event to.
-   * @returns A promise that resolves to an array of relays where the event was successfully published.
-   */
-  publishEvent = async (event: Event, relays: string[]) => {
-    const simplePool = new SimplePool()
-
-    // Publish the event to all relays
-    const promises = simplePool.publish(relays, event)
-
-    // Use Promise.race to wait for the first successful publish
-    const firstSuccessfulPublish = await Promise.race(
-      promises.map((promise, index) =>
-        promise.then(() => relays[index]).catch(() => null)
-      )
-    )
-
-    if (!firstSuccessfulPublish) {
-      // If no publish was successful, collect the reasons for failures
-      const failedPublishes: unknown[] = []
-      const fallbackRejectionReason =
-        'Attempt to publish an event has been rejected with unknown reason.'
-
-      const results = await Promise.allSettled(promises)
-      results.forEach((res, index) => {
-        if (res.status === 'rejected') {
-          failedPublishes.push({
-            relay: relays[index],
-            error: res.reason
-              ? res.reason.message || fallbackRejectionReason
-              : fallbackRejectionReason
-          })
-        }
-      })
-
-      throw failedPublishes
-    }
-
-    // Continue publishing to other relays in the background
-    promises.forEach((promise, index) => {
-      promise.catch((err) => {
-        console.log(`Failed to publish to ${relays[index]}`, err)
-      })
-    })
-
-    return [firstSuccessfulPublish]
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Asynchronously retrieves an event from a set of relays based on a provided filter.
-   * If no relays are specified, it defaults to using connected relays.
-   *
-   * @param {Filter} filter - The filter criteria to find the event.
-   * @param {string[]} [relays] - An optional array of relay URLs to search for the event.
-   * @returns {Promise<Event | null>} - Returns a promise that resolves to the found event or null if not found.
-   */
-  getEvent = async (
-    filter: Filter,
-    relays?: string[]
-  ): Promise<Event | null> => {
-    // If no relays are provided or the provided array is empty, use connected relays if available.
-    if (!relays || relays.length === 0) {
-      relays = this.connectedRelays
-        ? this.connectedRelays.map((relay) => relay.url)
-        : []
-    }
-
-    // If still no relays are available, reject the promise with an error message.
-    if (relays.length === 0) {
-      return Promise.reject('Provide some relays to find the event')
-    }
-
-    // Create a new instance of SimplePool to handle the relay connections and event retrieval.
-    const pool = new SimplePool()
-
-    // Attempt to retrieve the event from the specified relays using the filter criteria.
-    const event = await pool.get(relays, filter).catch((err) => {
-      // Log any errors that occur during the event retrieval process.
-      console.log('An error occurred in finding the event', err)
-      // Show an error toast notification to the user.
-      toast.error('An error occurred in finding the event')
-      // Return null if an error occurs, indicating that no event was found.
-      return null
-    })
-
-    // Return the found event, or null if an error occurred.
-    return event
-  }
-
   /**
    * Encrypts the given content for the specified receiver using NIP-44 encryption.
    *
@@ -659,7 +564,7 @@ export class NostrController extends EventEmitter {
   getRelayMap = async (
     npub: string
   ): Promise<{ map: RelayMap; mapUpdated?: number }> => {
-    const mostPopularRelays = await this.getMostPopularRelays()
+    const mostPopularRelays = await getMostPopularRelays()
 
     const pool = new SimplePool()
 
@@ -750,10 +655,13 @@ export class NostrController extends EventEmitter {
 
     // If relay map is empty, use most popular relay URIs
     if (!relaysToPublish.length) {
-      relaysToPublish = await this.getMostPopularRelays()
+      relaysToPublish = await getMostPopularRelays()
     }
 
-    const publishResult = await this.publishEvent(signedEvent, relaysToPublish)
+    const publishResult = await relayController.publish(
+      signedEvent,
+      relaysToPublish
+    )
 
     if (publishResult && publishResult.length) {
       return Promise.resolve(
@@ -764,51 +672,6 @@ export class NostrController extends EventEmitter {
     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: RelayReadStats) => 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
@@ -835,7 +698,7 @@ export class NostrController extends EventEmitter {
     ]
 
     // publish job request
-    await this.publishEvent(jobSignedEvent, relays)
+    await relayController.publish(jobSignedEvent, relays)
 
     console.log('jobSignedEvent :>> ', jobSignedEvent)
 

src/controllers/RelayController.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,293 @@
+import { Filter, Relay, Event } from 'nostr-tools'
+import { normalizeWebSocketURL, timeout } from '../utils'
+import { SIGIT_RELAY } from '../utils/const'
+
+/**
+ * Singleton class to manage relay operations.
+ */
+export class RelayController {
+  private static instance: RelayController
+  public connectedRelays: Relay[] = []
+
+  private constructor() {}
+
+  /**
+   * Provides the singleton instance of RelayController.
+   *
+   * @returns The singleton instance of RelayController.
+   */
+  public static getInstance(): RelayController {
+    if (!RelayController.instance) {
+      RelayController.instance = new RelayController()
+    }
+    return RelayController.instance
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Connects to a relay server if not already connected.
+   *
+   * This method checks if a relay with the given URL is already in the list of connected relays.
+   * If it is not connected, it attempts to establish a new connection.
+   * On successful connection, the relay is added to the list of connected relays and returned.
+   * If the connection fails, an error is logged and `null` is returned.
+   *
+   * @param  relayUrl - The URL of the relay server to connect to.
+   * @returns  A promise that resolves to the connected relay object if successful, or `null` if the connection fails.
+   */
+  public connectRelay = async (relayUrl: string) => {
+    // Check if a relay with the same URL is already connected
+    const relay = this.connectedRelays.find(
+      (relay) =>
+        normalizeWebSocketURL(relay.url) === normalizeWebSocketURL(relayUrl)
+    )
+
+    // If a matching relay is found, return it (skip connection)
+    if (relay) {
+      return relay
+    }
+
+    try {
+      // Attempt to connect to the relay using the provided URL
+      const newRelay = await Relay.connect(relayUrl)
+
+      // Add the newly connected relay to the list of connected relays
+      this.connectedRelays.push(newRelay)
+
+      // Return the newly connected relay
+      return newRelay
+    } catch (err) {
+      // Log an error message if the connection fails
+      console.error(`Relay connection failed: ${relayUrl}`, err)
+
+      // Return null to indicate connection failure
+      return null
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Asynchronously retrieves multiple event from a set of relays based on a provided filter.
+   * If no relays are specified, it defaults to using connected relays.
+   *
+   * @param {Filter} filter - The filter criteria to find the event.
+   * @param {string[]} [relays] - An optional array of relay URLs to search for the event.
+   * @returns {Promise<Event | null>} - Returns a promise that resolves to the found event or null if not found.
+   */
+  fetchEvents = async (
+    filter: Filter,
+    relayUrls: string[] = []
+  ): Promise<Event[]> => {
+    // add app relay to relays array
+    relayUrls.push(SIGIT_RELAY)
+
+    // Connect to all specified relays
+    const relayPromises = relayUrls.map((relayUrl) =>
+      this.connectRelay(relayUrl)
+    )
+
+    // Use Promise.allSettled to wait for all promises to settle
+    const results = await Promise.allSettled(relayPromises)
+
+    // Extract non-null values from fulfilled promises in a single pass
+    const relays = results.reduce<Relay[]>((acc, result) => {
+      if (result.status === 'fulfilled') {
+        const value = result.value
+        if (value) {
+          acc.push(value)
+        }
+      }
+      return acc
+    }, [])
+
+    // Check if any relays are connected
+    if (relays.length === 0) {
+      throw new Error('No relay is connected to fetch events!')
+    }
+
+    const events: Event[] = []
+    const eventIds = new Set<string>() // To keep track of event IDs and avoid duplicates
+
+    // Create a promise for each relay subscription
+    const subPromises = relays.map((relay) => {
+      return new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+        // Subscribe to the relay with the specified filter
+        const sub = relay.subscribe([filter], {
+          // Handle incoming events
+          onevent: (e) => {
+            // Add the event to the array if it's not a duplicate
+            if (!eventIds.has(e.id)) {
+              eventIds.add(e.id) // Record the event ID
+              events.push(e) // Add the event to the array
+            }
+          },
+          // Handle the End-Of-Stream (EOSE) message
+          oneose: () => {
+            sub.close() // Close the subscription
+            resolve() // Resolve the promise when EOSE is received
+          }
+        })
+      })
+    })
+
+    // Wait for all subscriptions to complete
+    await Promise.allSettled(subPromises)
+
+    // It is possible that different relays will send different events and events array may contain more events then specified limit in filter
+    // To fix this issue we'll first sort these events and then return only limited events
+    if (filter.limit) {
+      // Sort events by creation date in descending order
+      events.sort((a, b) => b.created_at - a.created_at)
+
+      return events.slice(0, filter.limit)
+    }
+
+    return events
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Asynchronously retrieves an event from a set of relays based on a provided filter.
+   * If no relays are specified, it defaults to using connected relays.
+   *
+   * @param {Filter} filter - The filter criteria to find the event.
+   * @param {string[]} [relays] - An optional array of relay URLs to search for the event.
+   * @returns {Promise<Event | null>} - Returns a promise that resolves to the found event or null if not found.
+   */
+  fetchEvent = async (
+    filter: Filter,
+    relays: string[] = []
+  ): Promise<Event | null> => {
+    const events = await this.fetchEvents(filter, relays)
+
+    // Sort events by creation date in descending order
+    events.sort((a, b) => b.created_at - a.created_at)
+
+    // Return the most recent event, or null if no events were received
+    return events[0] || null
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Subscribes to events from multiple relays.
+   *
+   * This method connects to the specified relay URLs and subscribes to events
+   * using the provided filter. It handles incoming events through the given
+   * `eventHandler` callback and manages the subscription lifecycle.
+   *
+   * @param filter - The filter criteria to apply when subscribing to events.
+   * @param relayUrls - An optional array of relay URLs to connect to. The default relay URL (`SIGIT_RELAY`) is added automatically.
+   * @param eventHandler - A callback function to handle incoming events. It receives an `Event` object.
+   *
+   */
+  subscribeForEvents = async (
+    filter: Filter,
+    relayUrls: string[] = [],
+    eventHandler: (event: Event) => void
+  ) => {
+    // add app relay to relays array
+    relayUrls.push(SIGIT_RELAY)
+
+    // Connect to all specified relays
+    const relayPromises = relayUrls.map((relayUrl) =>
+      this.connectRelay(relayUrl)
+    )
+
+    // Use Promise.allSettled to wait for all promises to settle
+    const results = await Promise.allSettled(relayPromises)
+
+    // Extract non-null values from fulfilled promises in a single pass
+    const relays = results.reduce<Relay[]>((acc, result) => {
+      if (result.status === 'fulfilled') {
+        const value = result.value
+        if (value) {
+          acc.push(value)
+        }
+      }
+      return acc
+    }, [])
+
+    // Check if any relays are connected
+    if (relays.length === 0) {
+      throw new Error('No relay is connected to fetch events!')
+    }
+
+    const processedEvents: string[] = [] // To keep track of processed events
+
+    // Create a promise for each relay subscription
+    const subPromises = relays.map((relay) => {
+      return new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+        // Subscribe to the relay with the specified filter
+        const sub = relay.subscribe([filter], {
+          // Handle incoming events
+          onevent: (e) => {
+            // Process event only if it hasn't been processed before
+            if (!processedEvents.includes(e.id)) {
+              processedEvents.push(e.id)
+              eventHandler(e) // Call the event handler with the event
+            }
+          },
+          // Handle the End-Of-Stream (EOSE) message
+          oneose: () => {
+            sub.close() // Close the subscription
+            resolve() // Resolve the promise when EOSE is received
+          }
+        })
+      })
+    })
+
+    // Wait for all subscriptions to complete
+    await Promise.allSettled(subPromises)
+  }
+
+  publish = async (
+    event: Event,
+    relayUrls: string[] = []
+  ): Promise<string[]> => {
+    // add app relay to relays array
+    relayUrls.push(SIGIT_RELAY)
+
+    // Connect to all specified relays
+    const relayPromises = relayUrls.map((relayUrl) =>
+      this.connectRelay(relayUrl)
+    )
+
+    // Use Promise.allSettled to wait for all promises to settle
+    const results = await Promise.allSettled(relayPromises)
+
+    // Extract non-null values from fulfilled promises in a single pass
+    const relays = results.reduce<Relay[]>((acc, result) => {
+      if (result.status === 'fulfilled') {
+        const value = result.value
+        if (value) {
+          acc.push(value)
+        }
+      }
+      return acc
+    }, [])
+
+    // Check if any relays are connected
+    if (relays.length === 0) {
+      throw new Error('No relay is connected to publish event!')
+    }
+
+    const publishedOnRelays: string[] = [] // List to track which relays successfully published the event
+
+    // Create a promise for publishing the event to each connected relay
+    const publishPromises = relays.map(async (relay) => {
+      try {
+        await Promise.race([
+          relay.publish(event), // Publish the event to the relay
+          timeout(30000) // Set a timeout to handle cases where publishing takes too long
+        ])
+        publishedOnRelays.push(relay.url) // Add the relay URL to the list of successfully published relays
+      } catch (err) {
+        console.error(`Failed to publish event on relay: ${relay}`, err)
+      }
+    })
+
+    // Wait for all publish operations to complete (either fulfilled or rejected)
+    await Promise.allSettled(publishPromises)
+
+    // Return the list of relay URLs where the event was published
+    return publishedOnRelays
+  }
+}
+
+export const relayController = RelayController.getInstance()

src/controllers/index.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 export * from './AuthController'
 export * from './MetadataController'
 export * from './NostrController'
+export * from './RelayController'

src/layouts/Main.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Event, kinds } from 'nostr-tools'
-import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import { useDispatch, useSelector } from 'react-redux'
 import { Outlet } from 'react-router-dom'
 import { AppBar } from '../components/AppBar/AppBar'
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import {
   subscribeForSigits
 } from '../utils'
 import { useAppSelector } from '../hooks'
-import { SubCloser } from 'nostr-tools/abstract-pool'
 import styles from './style.module.scss'
 import { Footer } from '../components/Footer/Footer'
 
@@ -36,6 +35,9 @@ export const MainLayout = () => {
   const authState = useSelector((state: State) => state.auth)
   const usersAppData = useAppSelector((state) => state.userAppData)
 
+  // Ref to track if `subscribeForSigits` has been called
+  const hasSubscribed = useRef(false)
+
   useEffect(() => {
     const metadataController = new MetadataController()
 
@@ -103,21 +105,15 @@ export const MainLayout = () => {
   }, [dispatch])
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    let subCloser: SubCloser | null = null
-
     if (authState.loggedIn && usersAppData) {
       const pubkey = authState.usersPubkey || authState.keyPair?.public
 
-      if (pubkey) {
+      if (pubkey && !hasSubscribed.current) {
-        subscribeForSigits(pubkey).then((res) => {
+        // Call `subscribeForSigits` only if it hasn't been called before
-          subCloser = res || null
+        subscribeForSigits(pubkey)
-        })
-      }
-    }
 
-    return () => {
+        // Mark `subscribeForSigits` as called
-      if (subCloser) {
+        hasSubscribed.current = true
-        subCloser.close()
       }
     }
   }, [authState, usersAppData])

src/utils/index.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 export * from './crypto'
 export * from './hash'
 export * from './localStorage'
-export * from './misc'
-export * from './nostr'
-export * from './string'
-export * from './zip'
-export * from './utils'
 export * from './mark'
 export * from './meta'
+export * from './misc'
+export * from './nostr'
+export * from './relays'
+export * from './string'
+export * from './url'
+export * from './utils'
+export * from './zip'

src/utils/nostr.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import {
   Event,
   EventTemplate,
   Filter,
-  SimplePool,
   UnsignedEvent,
   finalizeEvent,
   generateSecretKey,
@@ -18,7 +17,11 @@ import {
 } from 'nostr-tools'
 import { toast } from 'react-toastify'
 import { NIP05_REGEX } from '../constants'
-import { MetadataController, NostrController } from '../controllers'
+import {
+  MetadataController,
+  NostrController,
+  relayController
+} from '../controllers'
 import {
   updateProcessedGiftWraps,
   updateUserAppData as updateUserAppDataAction
@@ -328,20 +331,27 @@ export const createWrap = (unsignedEvent: UnsignedEvent, receiver: string) => {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Fetches user application data based on user's public key and stored metadata.
+ *
+ * @returns The user application data or null if an error occurs or no data is found.
+ */
 export const getUsersAppData = async (): Promise<UserAppData | null> => {
+  // Initialize an array to hold relay URLs
   const relays: string[] = []
 
+  // Retrieve the user's public key and relay map from the Redux store
   const usersPubkey = (store.getState().auth as AuthState).usersPubkey!
   const relayMap = store.getState().relays?.map
 
-  const nostrController = NostrController.getInstance()
+  // Check if relayMap is undefined in the Redux store
-
-  // check if relaysMap in redux store is undefined
   if (!relayMap) {
+    // If relayMap is not present, fetch relay list metadata
     const metadataController = new MetadataController()
     const relaySet = await metadataController
       .findRelayListMetadata(usersPubkey)
       .catch((err) => {
+        // Log error and return null if fetching metadata fails
         console.log(
           `An error occurred while finding relay list metadata for ${hexToNpub(usersPubkey)}`,
           err
@@ -349,41 +359,42 @@ export const getUsersAppData = async (): Promise<UserAppData | null> => {
         return null
       })
 
-    // Return if metadata retrieval failed
+    // Return null if metadata retrieval failed
     if (!relaySet) return null
 
-    // Ensure relay list is not empty
+    // Ensure that the relay list is not empty
     if (relaySet.write.length === 0) return null
 
+    // Add write relays to the relays array
     relays.push(...relaySet.write)
   } else {
-    // filter write relays from user's relayMap stored in redux store
+    // If relayMap exists, filter and add write relays from the stored map
     const writeRelays = Object.keys(relayMap).filter(
       (key) => relayMap[key].write
     )
-
     relays.push(...writeRelays)
   }
 
-  // generate an identifier for user's nip78
+  // Generate an identifier for the user's nip78
   const hash = await getHash('938' + usersPubkey)
   if (!hash) return null
 
+  // Define a filter for fetching events
   const filter: Filter = {
     kinds: [kinds.Application],
     '#d': [hash]
   }
 
-  const encryptedContent = await nostrController
+  const encryptedContent = await relayController
-    .getEvent(filter, relays)
+    .fetchEvent(filter, relays)
     .then((event) => {
       if (event) return event.content
 
-      // if person is using sigit for first time its possible that event is null
+      // If no event is found, return an empty stringified object
-      // so we'll return empty stringified object
       return '{}'
     })
     .catch((err) => {
+      // Log error and show a toast notification if fetching event fails
       console.log(`An error occurred in finding kind 30078 event`, err)
       toast.error(
         'An error occurred in finding kind 30078 event for data storage'
@@ -391,8 +402,10 @@ export const getUsersAppData = async (): Promise<UserAppData | null> => {
       return null
     })
 
+  // Return null if encrypted content retrieval fails
   if (!encryptedContent) return null
 
+  // Handle case where the encrypted content is an empty object
   if (encryptedContent === '{}') {
     const secret = generateSecretKey()
     const pubKey = getPublicKey(secret)
@@ -408,20 +421,28 @@ export const getUsersAppData = async (): Promise<UserAppData | null> => {
     }
   }
 
+  // Get an instance of the NostrController
+  const nostrController = NostrController.getInstance()
+
+  // Decrypt the encrypted content
   const decrypted = await nostrController
     .nip04Decrypt(usersPubkey, encryptedContent)
     .catch((err) => {
+      // Log error and show a toast notification if decryption fails
       console.log('An error occurred while decrypting app data', err)
       toast.error('An error occurred while decrypting app data')
       return null
     })
 
+  // Return null if decryption fails
   if (!decrypted) return null
 
+  // Parse the decrypted content
   const parsedContent = await parseJson<{
     blossomUrls: string[]
     keyPair: Keys
   }>(decrypted).catch((err) => {
+    // Log error and show a toast notification if parsing fails
     console.log(
       'An error occurred in parsing the content of kind 30078 event',
       err
@@ -430,21 +451,26 @@ export const getUsersAppData = async (): Promise<UserAppData | null> => {
     return null
   })
 
+  // Return null if parsing fails
   if (!parsedContent) return null
 
   const { blossomUrls, keyPair } = parsedContent
 
+  // Return null if no blossom URLs are found
   if (blossomUrls.length === 0) return null
 
+  // Fetch additional user app data from the first blossom URL
   const dataFromBlossom = await getUserAppDataFromBlossom(
     blossomUrls[0],
     keyPair.private
   )
 
+  // Return null if fetching data from blossom fails
   if (!dataFromBlossom) return null
 
   const { sigits, processedGiftWraps } = dataFromBlossom
 
+  // Return the final user application data
   return {
     blossomUrls,
     keyPair,
@@ -575,9 +601,8 @@ export const updateUsersAppData = async (meta: Meta) => {
   const relayMap = (store.getState().relays as RelaysState).map!
   const writeRelays = Object.keys(relayMap).filter((key) => relayMap[key].write)
 
-  console.log(`publishing event kind: ${kinds.Application}`)
   const publishResult = await Promise.race([
-    nostrController.publishEvent(signedEvent, writeRelays),
+    relayController.publish(signedEvent, writeRelays),
     timeout(1000 * 30)
   ]).catch((err) => {
     console.log('err :>> ', err)
@@ -817,15 +842,8 @@ export const subscribeForSigits = async (pubkey: string) => {
     '#p': [pubkey]
   }
 
-  // Instantiate a new SimplePool for the subscription
+  relayController.subscribeForEvents(filter, relaySet.read, (event) => {
-  const pool = new SimplePool()
-
-  // Subscribe to the specified relays with the defined filter
-  return pool.subscribeMany(relaySet.read, [filter], {
-    // Define a callback function to handle received events
-    onevent: (event) => {
     processReceivedEvent(event) // Process the received event
-    }
   })
 }
 
@@ -915,13 +933,9 @@ export const sendNotification = async (receiver: string, meta: Meta) => {
   // Ensure relay list is not empty
   if (relaySet.read.length === 0) return
 
-  console.log('Publishing notifications')
   // Publish the notification event to the recipient's read relays
-  const nostrController = NostrController.getInstance()
-
-  // Attempt to publish the event to the relays, with a timeout of 2 minutes
   await Promise.race([
-    nostrController.publishEvent(wrappedEvent, relaySet.read),
+    relayController.publish(wrappedEvent, relaySet.read),
     timeout(1000 * 30)
   ]).catch((err) => {
     // Log an error if publishing the notification event fails

src/utils/relays.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
-import { Filter, SimplePool } from 'nostr-tools'
+import axios from 'axios'
+import { Event, Filter } from 'nostr-tools'
 import { RelayList } from 'nostr-tools/kinds'
-import { Event } from 'nostr-tools'
+import { relayController } from '../controllers/RelayController.ts'
 import { localCache } from '../services'
+import { setMostPopularRelaysAction } from '../store/actions'
+import store from '../store/store'
+import { RelayMap, RelayReadStats, RelaySet, RelayStats } from '../types'
 import { ONE_WEEK_IN_MS, SIGIT_RELAY } from './const.ts'
-import { RelayMap, RelaySet } from '../types'
 
 const READ_MARKER = 'read'
 const WRITE_MARKER = 'write'
@@ -24,8 +27,8 @@ const findRelayListAndUpdateCache = async (
       kinds: [RelayList],
       authors: [hexKey]
     }
-    const pool = new SimplePool()
+
-    const event = await pool.get(lookUpRelays, eventFilter)
+    const event = await relayController.fetchEvent(eventFilter, lookUpRelays)
     if (event) {
       await localCache.addUserRelayListMetadata(event)
     }
@@ -106,11 +109,57 @@ const toRelaySet = (obj: RelaySet, tag: string[]): RelaySet => {
   return obj
 }
 
+/**
+ * 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
+ */
+const 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: RelayReadStats) => relay.d)
+
+  if (!apiTopRelays.length) {
+    return Promise.reject(`Couldn't fetch popular relays.`)
+  }
+
+  if (store.getState().auth?.loggedIn) {
+    store.dispatch(setMostPopularRelaysAction(apiTopRelays))
+  }
+
+  return apiTopRelays
+}
+
 export {
   findRelayListAndUpdateCache,
   findRelayListInCache,
-  getUserRelaySet,
-  getDefaultRelaySet,
   getDefaultRelayMap,
+  getDefaultRelaySet,
+  getMostPopularRelays,
+  getUserRelaySet,
   isOlderThanOneWeek
 }

src/utils/url.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/**
+ * Normalizes a given URL by performing the following operations:
+ *
+ * 1. Ensures that the URL has a protocol by defaulting to 'wss://' if no protocol is provided.
+ * 2. Creates a `URL` object to easily manipulate and normalize the URL components.
+ * 3. Normalizes the pathname by:
+ *    - Replacing multiple consecutive slashes with a single slash.
+ *    - Removing the trailing slash if it exists.
+ * 4. Removes the port number if it is the default port for the protocol:
+ *    - Port `80` for 'ws:' (WebSocket) protocol.
+ *    - Port `443` for 'wss:' (WebSocket Secure) protocol.
+ * 5. Sorts the query parameters alphabetically.
+ * 6. Clears any fragment (hash) identifier from the URL.
+ *
+ * @param urlString - The URL string to be normalized.
+ * @returns A normalized URL string.
+ */
+export function normalizeWebSocketURL(urlString: string): string {
+  // If the URL string does not contain a protocol (e.g., "http://", "https://"),
+  // prepend "wss://" (WebSocket Secure) by default.
+  if (urlString.indexOf('://') === -1) urlString = 'wss://' + urlString
+
+  // Create a URL object from the provided URL string.
+  const url = new URL(urlString)
+
+  // Normalize the pathname by replacing multiple consecutive slashes with a single slash.
+  url.pathname = url.pathname.replace(/\/+/g, '/')
+
+  // Remove the trailing slash from the pathname if it exists.
+  if (url.pathname.endsWith('/')) url.pathname = url.pathname.slice(0, -1)
+
+  // Remove the port number if it is 80 for "ws:" protocol or 443 for "wss:" protocol, as these are default ports.
+  if (
+    (url.port === '80' && url.protocol === 'ws:') ||
+    (url.port === '443' && url.protocol === 'wss:')
+  )
+    url.port = ''
+
+  // Sort the search parameters alphabetically.
+  url.searchParams.sort()
+
+  // Clear any hash fragment from the URL.
+  url.hash = ''
+
+  // Return the normalized URL as a string.
+  return url.toString()
+}