Lets talk Metrics here.... I run a full public bitcoin node with p2pool attached.... my getblock latency mean averages around .25s ... but gets as low as .12s on occasion....
I do not yet have the Relay set up and running.
If my latency is .25s or less, do I NEED a relay?
This has nothing to do with getblock latency. This has to do with the time until you see a block. p2pool has no idea how long it took from when someone else found a block to when you received it, and this is the part that relay networks work to solve.
OK.. got it. Next Question:
I have whitelisted my IP at the US East coast relay and my regular v13 bitcoin node has it listed as a peer.
What performance improvements will result from using the specialized "bitcoinfibre" node and using the "addtrustedudpnode" (or "addudpnode") command(s)?
And how can I measure it or see the improvement locally?