The proxy blasts the bundle into the void. It has no idea if it arrived. It doesn't wait for an ACK (acknowledgment). It just assumes the next node will handle it. Days, months, or years later, the receiver gets the bundle and forwards it inward. Why This Changes Everything This proxy architecture solves three impossible problems:
It’s latency-tolerant networking. It’s slow. It’s clunky. But it is the only way the human race will ever truly become a multiplanetary species. interstellar network proxy
Normally, a connection requires a "SYN, SYN-ACK, ACK" dance. Over interstellar distances, that dance takes a decade. The proxy eliminates the handshake entirely. It's an "open the pod bay doors regardless of a response" protocol. The proxy blasts the bundle into the void