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+import { lastValueFrom, timeout, toArray, EMPTY } from 'rxjs';
+import { catchError } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import type { NostrEvent } from 'applesauce-core/helpers/event';
+import { pool } from './pool';
+import {
+  AUTHOR_PUBKEY_HEX,
+  BOOTSTRAP_RELAY,
+  FALLBACK_READ_RELAYS,
+  RELAY_TIMEOUT_MS
+} from './config';
+
+export interface OutboxRelay {
+  url: string;
+  /** true = zum Lesen zu nutzen (kein dritter Tag-Wert oder "read") */
+  read: boolean;
+  /** true = zum Schreiben zu nutzen (kein dritter Tag-Wert oder "write") */
+  write: boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Lädt die NIP-65-Relay-Liste (kind:10002) des Autors vom Bootstrap-Relay.
+ * Fallback auf FALLBACK_READ_RELAYS, wenn das Event nicht innerhalb von
+ * RELAY_TIMEOUT_MS gefunden wird.
+ *
+ * Interpretation des dritten Tag-Werts:
+ * - nicht gesetzt → read + write
+ * - "read" → nur read
+ * - "write" → nur write
+ */
+export async function loadOutboxRelays(): Promise<OutboxRelay[]> {
+  const event = await firstEvent();
+
+  if (!event) {
+    return FALLBACK_READ_RELAYS.map((url) => ({ url, read: true, write: true }));
+  }
+
+  const relays: OutboxRelay[] = [];
+  for (const tag of event.tags) {
+    if (tag[0] !== 'r' || !tag[1]) continue;
+    const mode = tag[2];
+    relays.push({
+      url: tag[1],
+      read: mode !== 'write',
+      write: mode !== 'read'
+    });
+  }
+
+  if (relays.length === 0) {
+    return FALLBACK_READ_RELAYS.map((url) => ({ url, read: true, write: true }));
+  }
+
+  return relays;
+}
+
+/** Nur die Read-URLs aus OutboxRelay[] */
+export function readUrls(relays: OutboxRelay[]): string[] {
+  return relays.filter((r) => r.read).map((r) => r.url);
+}
+
+/** Nur die Write-URLs aus OutboxRelay[] */
+export function writeUrls(relays: OutboxRelay[]): string[] {
+  return relays.filter((r) => r.write).map((r) => r.url);
+}
+
+// ---------- Internes --------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * Fragt das neueste kind:10002-Event vom Bootstrap-Relay ab.
+ * Sammelt alle Events bis EOSE (`pool.request(...)` emittiert nur Events
+ * und completes bei EOSE), nimmt das neueste, oder null falls keines.
+ */
+async function firstEvent(): Promise<NostrEvent | null> {
+  try {
+    const events = await lastValueFrom(
+      pool
+        .request([BOOTSTRAP_RELAY], {
+          kinds: [10002],
+          authors: [AUTHOR_PUBKEY_HEX],
+          limit: 1
+        })
+        .pipe(
+          timeout(RELAY_TIMEOUT_MS),
+          toArray(),
+          catchError(() => EMPTY)
+        ),
+      { defaultValue: [] as NostrEvent[] }
+    );
+    if (events.length === 0) return null;
+    return events.reduce((best, cur) =>
+      cur.created_at > best.created_at ? cur : best
+    );
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}