Relays allow an SNS name to point to another inscription. This is similar to an "a record" in DNS.
This is different than recursive inscriptions. Recursion inserts the content of one inscription into another. Relay simply establishes a link, pointing one inscription at another, giving the target inscription a human readable name. Examples below:
white-paper.sats
https://www.ord.io/12805283
Copy {
"p" : "sns" ,
"op" : "reg" ,
"name" : "white-paper.sats" ,
"relay" : "85b10531435304cbe47d268106b58b57a4416c76573d4b50fa544432597ad670i0" ,
} Relays to an early inscription of the Bitcoin white paper: https://www.ord.io/54
hellodickbutt.sats
https://www.ord.io/12806136
Copy {
"p" : "sns" ,
"op" : "reg" ,
"name" : "hellodickbutt.sats" ,
"relay" : "26482871f33f1051f450f2da9af275794c0b5f1c61ebf35e4467fb42c2813403i0" ,
} Relays to inscription #1: https://www.ord.io/1
taprootwzrd.sats
https://www.ord.io/12806132
Copy {
"p" : "sns" ,
"op" : "reg" ,
"name" : "taprootwzrd.sats" ,
"relay" : "0301e0480b374b32851a9462db29dc19fe830a7f7d7a88b81612b9d42099c0aei0" ,
} Relays to the infamous 4 megggor: https://www.ord.io/652
mrmarshall.sats
https://www.ord.io/12806440
Copy {
"p" : "sns" ,
"op" : "reg" ,
"name" : "mrmarshall.sats" ,
"relay" : "111bb15037a4665a79701edb84050b802be1b16791f4a6f03a673d2d3e23cf70i0" ,
} Relays to Brandon Marshall's (first ever?) inscription website: https://www.ord.io/11633881
hellofelipe.sats
https://www.ord.io/12806955
Copy {
"p": "sns",
"op": "reg",
"name": "hellofelipe.sats",
"relay": "5225a64d069123381db15173822e6b6f924d5f4cb578bd260f82c754a20f8bf5i0",
} Relays to Felipe Servin's fancy inscription website: https://www.ord.io/11849888
