It is pure P2P, the nodes do not help in holepunching but to discover first few peers, a node is just a known peer. Anyone can become a node.
You need to look into Kademliya algorithem to understand how it all works.
supersu
npub1h5…645z5
2024-08-18 01:31:39
in reply to nevent1q…q3xg
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npub1h5t3asu90f2x48rxtcqkjvwhza7m6kngs7vjyanx8xqyswc6es2s4645z5Published at
2024-08-18 01:31:39Event JSON
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