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 ### Canonical authentication event
 
-The signed event is an ephemeral event of `kind: 22242` and it should have at least two tags, one for the relay URL,
-and one containing evidence of access. This may be one of:
-
-- `challenge` - the challenge string recieved from the relay.
-- `claim` -  an arbitrary token exchanged out-of-band. Relays SHOULD store this authorization so that the `challenge`
-  method can be used in the future.
-
-Clients MUST NOT publish these events. Relays MUST exclude `kind: 22242` events from being broadcasted to any client.
-Relays MUST validate that `created_at` is the current time, adjusting for clock skew.
-
-Example:
+The signed event is an ephemeral event not meant to be published or queried, it must be of `kind: 22242` and it should have at least two tags, one for the relay URL and one for the challenge string as received from the relay. Relays MUST exclude `kind: 22242` events from being broadcasted to any client. `created_at` should be the current time. Example:
 
 ```json
 {
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+NIP-43
+======
+
+Relay Access Requests
+-----------------------------------
+
+`draft` `optional`
+
+This NIP defines a way for clients to request admission to relays enforcing authentication as defined in NIP 42 by
+signing an ephemeral event.
+
+## Access Request Event
+
+This NIP defines kind `22243` events which are intended to allow clients to request admission to a relay.
+Access requests MUST have a `claim` tag containing an invoice, invite code, or any other arbitrary string.
+
+The event's `created_at` MUST be the current time plus or minus a few minutes to prevent replay attacks.
+Clients MAY send a claim at any time, but MUST check for relay support via NIP 11 to avoid non-compliant
+relays broadcasting invites to subscribers.
+
+This event should be sent to a relay using the standard `EVENT` verb.
+
+```json
+{
+  "kind": 22243,
+  "tags": [
+    ["claim", "<invoice id, invite code, or something else>"]
+  ],
+  ...other fields
+}
+```
+
+## Relay response
+
+Upon receiving a claim, a relay MUST notify the client as to what the status of the claim is using an `OK` message.
+Failed claims SHOULD use the same standard `"restricted: "` prefix specified by NIP 42.
+
+Some examples:
+
+```
+["OK", <event-id>, false, "restricted: That invoice is expired."]
+["OK", <event-id>, false, "restricted: That is an unsupported claim."]
+["OK", <event-id>, true, "claim-ignored: You are already a member of this relay."]
+["OK", <event-id>, true, "claim-accepted: Welcome to wss://relay.bunk.skunk!"]
+```