For my understanding, usually establishing a connection with a hidden service involves two separate Tor circuits: one circuit for the visitor, but another full circuit for the hidden service.
This “Non Anonymous Mode” effectively omits the second circuit, and allows relays to connect directly to the hidden service’s IP address, thus significantly improving latency and reducing the strain on the Tor network?
Ah right, so what you’re saying is that hidden services don’t need Exit relays for hidden services at all, and as such do not have the bottleneck issues that usually plague exit nodes.
This “Non Anonymous Mode” effectively omits the second circuit, and allows relays to connect directly to the hidden service’s IP address, thus significantly improving latency and reducing the strain on the Tor network?