ndub via tor-relays wrote:
I'm also facing the same problem. I'm wondering whether this also happens to bridges and if it doesn't, why not running a bridge ?
Because of how everyone *thinks* that understands internet and particularly internet security... not to mention the amount of real users you lose when you implement such primitive and extreme techniques such as blocking all the IP addresses of MIDDLE relays.
If you can continue to run it, continue to run the middle relay - it helps the network, especially for onion services traffic. If not, I understand it could be annoying, of course. Bridges are not public, that is why they don't get the same treatment, however a middle relay will provide more bandwidth to the network than a bridge. Bridges are also important but I think a middle relay is superior in the current network topology and network needs.