From 49f206eab305439a3105a43d7f0b607a14eea03d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: callebtc <93376500+callebtc@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2023 18:54:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] exponential delay for reconnect

---
 nostr/relay.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/nostr/relay.py b/nostr/relay.py
index 2649a4d..7fb4baa 100644
--- a/nostr/relay.py
+++ b/nostr/relay.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class Relay:
         self.reconnect: bool = True
         self.shutdown: bool = False
         self.error_counter: int = 0
-        self.error_threshold: int = 0
+        self.error_threshold: int = 100
         self.num_received_events: int = 0
         self.num_sent_events: int = 0
         self.num_subscriptions: int = 0
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class Relay:
             pass
         self.connected = False
         if self.reconnect:
-            time.sleep(1)
+            time.sleep(self.error_counter**2)
             self.connect(self.ssl_options, self.proxy)
 
     @property