# \[Proposal\] PERCH: Protocol Evaluation and Request Coordination Hub **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [September 6, 2024, 12:25pm UTC](https://research.lido.fi/t/proposal-perch-protocol-evaluation-and-request-coordination-hub/8306 "2024-09-06T12:25:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![eric\_bloxroute](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/research.lido.fi/eric_bloxroute/32/3550_2.png) [@eric\_bloxroute](https://research.lido.fi/u/eric_bloxroute)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://research.lido.fi/t/proposal-perch-protocol-evaluation-and-request-coordination-hub/8306/7 "2024-10-17T13:26:35Z")
Hello, thanks! This is a link to our relay proxy request - posting a reply in this thread as asked: > [@Proposal: BloXroute Relay proxy](https://research.lido.fi/t/proposal-bloxroute-relay-proxy/7870): > > Regarding using BloXroute relay proxies, we made a change to our architecture, where validators don’t need to run any local components, yet can still connect to a relay proxy. We now allow validators to use relay proxies in many regions throughout the world (US, EU, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Sydney, and Dublin) without having to run their own. These proxies communicate with the relay using gRPC, and are faster than communicating with the relay directly. Validators using relay proxies receive … --- _[View the full topic](https://research.lido.fi/t/proposal-perch-protocol-evaluation-and-request-coordination-hub/8306)._