Jason is saying the quiet part out loud. Not everyone will agree but certainly some in power do, meaning it is a de facto definition of Bitcoin. This is just one more network integrity test.
Thanks for pressing hard to clarify the finer points of his case.
Can someone remind me what the relay set icons mean? I think I get Home, DMs, Public, Global. But what's the magnifying glass icon... and "Spa" on far right?
If they're toggled on then are you asking that relay to display/record that information?
I can't help but have the random mental image from the Prologue of Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon where Bobby Shaftoe is formulating Haiku while tearing through the Shanghai banking district at settlement hour.