diff --git a/snapshot/src/core/relays.ts b/snapshot/src/core/relays.ts
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+import { Relay } from 'applesauce-relay'
+import { firstValueFrom, timeout } from 'rxjs'
+import type { SignedEvent } from './types.ts'
+
+export type RelayListLoader = (
+  bootstrapRelay: string,
+  authorPubkey: string,
+) => Promise<SignedEvent | undefined>
+
+export const FALLBACK_READ_RELAYS = [
+  'wss://relay.damus.io',
+  'wss://nos.lol',
+  'wss://relay.primal.net',
+  'wss://relay.tchncs.de',
+  'wss://relay.edufeed.org',
+]
+
+export function extractReadRelays(kind10002: SignedEvent): string[] {
+  const out: string[] = []
+  for (const tag of kind10002.tags) {
+    if (tag[0] !== 'r' || !tag[1]) continue
+    const marker = tag[2]
+    if (marker === 'write') continue
+    out.push(tag[1])
+  }
+  return out
+}
+
+export const defaultRelayListLoader: RelayListLoader = async (bootstrap, pubkey) => {
+  try {
+    const relay = new Relay(bootstrap)
+    const ev = await firstValueFrom(
+      relay.request({ kinds: [10002], authors: [pubkey], limit: 1 })
+        .pipe(timeout({ first: 5_000 })),
+    )
+    return ev as SignedEvent
+  } catch {
+    return undefined
+  }
+}
+
+export async function loadReadRelays(
+  bootstrapRelay: string,
+  authorPubkey: string,
+  loader: RelayListLoader = defaultRelayListLoader,
+  fallback: string[] = FALLBACK_READ_RELAYS,
+): Promise<string[]> {
+  const ev = await loader(bootstrapRelay, authorPubkey)
+  if (!ev) return fallback
+  const list = extractReadRelays(ev)
+  return list.length > 0 ? list : fallback
+}
+
+export interface FetchEventsResult {
+  events: SignedEvent[]
+  responded: string[]
+  queried: string[]
+}
+
+export type EventFetcher = (relay: string, pubkey: string) => Promise<SignedEvent[]>
+
+export const defaultEventFetcher: EventFetcher = async (relay, pubkey) => {
+  const out: SignedEvent[] = []
+  const r = new Relay(relay)
+  return await new Promise<SignedEvent[]>((resolve) => {
+    const sub = r.request({ kinds: [30023, 5], authors: [pubkey] })
+      .pipe(timeout({ first: 10_000 }))
+      .subscribe({
+        next: (ev) => out.push(ev as SignedEvent),
+        error: () => resolve(out),
+        complete: () => resolve(out),
+      })
+    setTimeout(() => sub.unsubscribe(), 11_000)
+  })
+}
+
+export async function fetchEvents(
+  relays: string[],
+  authorPubkey: string,
+  fetcher: EventFetcher = defaultEventFetcher,
+): Promise<FetchEventsResult> {
+  const results = await Promise.all(
+    relays.map(async (url) => {
+      try {
+        const events = await fetcher(url, authorPubkey)
+        return { url, ok: true as const, events }
+      } catch {
+        return { url, ok: false as const, events: [] as SignedEvent[] }
+      }
+    }),
+  )
+  const events: SignedEvent[] = []
+  for (const r of results) events.push(...r.events)
+  return {
+    events,
+    responded: results.filter((r) => r.ok).map((r) => r.url),
+    queried: relays,
+  }
+}
diff --git a/snapshot/tests/relays.test.ts b/snapshot/tests/relays.test.ts
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+import { assertEquals } from '@std/assert'
+import { extractReadRelays, type RelayListLoader, loadReadRelays } from '../src/core/relays.ts'
+import type { SignedEvent } from '../src/core/types.ts'
+
+const KIND_10002: SignedEvent = {
+  id: 'r', pubkey: 'P', created_at: 1, kind: 10002, sig: 's', content: '',
+  tags: [
+    ['r', 'wss://relay.damus.io'],
+    ['r', 'wss://nos.lol', 'read'],
+    ['r', 'wss://relay.write-only.example', 'write'],
+  ],
+}
+
+Deno.test('extractReadRelays: ohne marker = read+write, "read" = read, "write" = nicht', () => {
+  assertEquals(extractReadRelays(KIND_10002), [
+    'wss://relay.damus.io',
+    'wss://nos.lol',
+  ])
+})
+
+Deno.test('loadReadRelays: nutzt fallback wenn kein kind:10002', async () => {
+  const loader: RelayListLoader = async () => undefined
+  const relays = await loadReadRelays('wss://bootstrap', 'P', loader, [
+    'wss://fallback1', 'wss://fallback2',
+  ])
+  assertEquals(relays, ['wss://fallback1', 'wss://fallback2'])
+})
+
+Deno.test('loadReadRelays: nutzt kind:10002 wenn vorhanden', async () => {
+  const loader: RelayListLoader = async () => KIND_10002
+  const relays = await loadReadRelays('wss://bootstrap', 'P', loader, ['wss://fallback'])
+  assertEquals(relays, ['wss://relay.damus.io', 'wss://nos.lol'])
+})