diff --git a/packages/lib/Context.ts b/packages/lib/Context.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index daf861c..0000000
--- a/packages/lib/Context.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-const ctx = new Map<string, any>()
-
-export const getContext = (k: string) => ctx.get(k)
-
-export const setContext = (k: string, d: any) => ctx.set(k, d)
-
-export const withContext = (k: string, d: any, f: () => void) => {
-  const o = ctx.get(k)
-
-  ctx.set(k, d)
-  f()
-  ctx.set(k, o)
-}
diff --git a/packages/lib/Tools.ts b/packages/lib/Tools.ts
index cbb97c9..81df5dd 100644
--- a/packages/lib/Tools.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/Tools.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import {throttle} from 'throttle-debounce'
 import {bech32, utf8} from "@scure/base"
 
 export const now = () => Math.round(Date.now() / 1000)
@@ -12,6 +13,14 @@ export const prop = (k: string) => <T>(x: Record<string, T>) => x[k]
 
 export const identity = <T>(x: T) => x
 
+export const max = (xs: number[]) => xs.reduce((a, b) => Math.max(a, b), 0)
+
+export const min = (xs: number[]) => xs.reduce((a, b) => Math.min(a, b), 0)
+
+export const sum = (xs: number[]) => xs.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0)
+
+export const avg = (xs: number[]) => sum(xs) / xs.length
+
 export const between = (low: number, high: number, n: number) => n > low && n < high
 
 export const flatten = <T>(xs: T[]) => xs.flatMap(identity)
@@ -62,6 +71,16 @@ export const pushToKey = <T>(m: Record<string, T[]> | Map<string, T[]>, k: strin
   return m
 }
 
+export const batch = <T>(t: number, f: (xs: T[]) => void) => {
+  const xs: T[] = []
+  const cb = throttle(t, () => xs.length > 0 && f(xs.splice(0)))
+
+  return (x: T) => {
+    xs.push(x)
+    cb()
+  }
+}
+
 export const hexToBech32 = (prefix: string, url: string) =>
   bech32.encode(prefix, bech32.toWords(utf8.decode(url)), false)
 
diff --git a/packages/lib/index.ts b/packages/lib/index.ts
index 9f0a840..667162c 100644
--- a/packages/lib/index.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-export * from './Context'
 export * from './Deferred'
 export * from './Emitter'
 export * from './Fluent'
diff --git a/packages/network/Context.ts b/packages/network/Context.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acad6de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/network/Context.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import type {Event} from 'nostr-tools'
+import {matchFilters, hasValidSignature} from '@coracle.social/util'
+import type {Filter} from '@coracle.social/util'
+import {Pool} from "./Pool"
+import {Executor} from "./Executor"
+import {Relays} from "./target/Relays"
+import type {Subscription} from "./Subscribe"
+
+export const defaultPool = new Pool()
+
+export const defaultGetExecutor = (relays: string[]) =>
+  new Executor(new Relays(relays.map((relay: string) => NetworkContext.pool.get(relay))))
+
+const defaultOnEvent = (url: string, event: Event) => null
+
+const defaultOnAuth = (url: string, challenge: string) => null
+
+const defaultOnOk = (url: string, id: string, ok: boolean, message: string) => null
+
+const defaultIsDeleted = (url: string, event: Event) => false
+
+const defaultHasValidSignature = (url: string, event: Event) => hasValidSignature(event)
+
+const defaultMatchFilters = (url: string, filters: Filter[], event: Event) => matchFilters(filters, event)
+
+export const NetworkContext = {
+  pool: defaultPool,
+  getExecutor: defaultGetExecutor,
+  onEvent: defaultOnEvent,
+  onAuth: defaultOnAuth,
+  onOk: defaultOnOk,
+  isDeleted: defaultIsDeleted,
+  hasValidSignature: defaultHasValidSignature,
+  matchFilters: defaultMatchFilters,
+}
diff --git a/packages/network/Executor.ts b/packages/network/Executor.ts
index d4fc15c..c732108 100644
--- a/packages/network/Executor.ts
+++ b/packages/network/Executor.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type {Event, Filter} from 'nostr-tools'
 import type {Emitter} from '@coracle.social/lib'
 import type {Connection} from './Connection'
 import type {Message} from './Socket'
+import {NetworkContext} from './Context'
 
 export type Target = Emitter & {
   connections: Connection[]
@@ -11,25 +12,37 @@ export type Target = Emitter & {
 
 type EventCallback = (url: string, event: Event) => void
 type EoseCallback = (url: string) => void
-type AuthCallback = (url: string, challenge: string) => void
 type OkCallback = (url: string, id: string, ...extra: any[]) => void
 type ErrorCallback = (url: string, id: string, ...extra: any[]) => void
 type SubscribeOpts = {onEvent?: EventCallback, onEose?: EoseCallback}
 type PublishOpts = {verb?: string, onOk?: OkCallback, onError?: ErrorCallback}
-type AuthOpts = {onAuth: AuthCallback, onOk: OkCallback}
 
 const createSubId = (prefix: string) => [prefix, Math.random().toString().slice(2, 10)].join('-')
 
 export class Executor {
 
-  constructor(readonly target: Target) {}
+  constructor(readonly target: Target) {
+    target.on('AUTH', NetworkContext.onAuth)
+    target.on('OK', NetworkContext.onOk)
+  }
 
   subscribe(filters: Filter[], {onEvent, onEose}: SubscribeOpts = {}) {
     let closed = false
 
     const id = createSubId('REQ')
-    const eventListener = (url: string, subid: string, e: Event) => subid === id && onEvent?.(url, e)
-    const eoseListener = (url: string, subid: string) => subid === id && onEose?.(url)
+
+    const eventListener = (url: string, subid: string, e: Event) => {
+      if (subid === id) {
+        NetworkContext.onEvent(url, e)
+        onEvent?.(url, e)
+      }
+    }
+
+    const eoseListener = (url: string, subid: string) => {
+      if (subid === id) {
+        onEose?.(url)
+      }
+    }
 
     this.target.on('EVENT', eventListener)
     this.target.on('EOSE', eoseListener)
@@ -49,8 +62,18 @@ export class Executor {
   }
 
   publish(event: Event, {verb = 'EVENT', onOk, onError}: PublishOpts = {}) {
-    const okListener = (url: string, id: string, ...payload: any[]) => id === event.id && onOk?.(url, id, ...payload)
-    const errorListener = (url: string, id: string, ...payload: any[]) => id === event.id && onError?.(url, id, ...payload)
+    const okListener = (url: string, id: string, ...payload: any[]) => {
+      if (id === event.id) {
+        NetworkContext.onEvent(url, event)
+        onOk?.(url, id, ...payload)
+      }
+    }
+
+    const errorListener = (url: string, id: string, ...payload: any[]) => {
+      if (id === event.id) {
+        onError?.(url, id, ...payload)
+      }
+    }
 
     this.target.on('OK', okListener)
     this.target.on('ERROR', errorListener)
@@ -63,17 +86,5 @@ export class Executor {
       }
     }
   }
-
-  handleAuth({onAuth, onOk}: AuthOpts) {
-    this.target.on('AUTH', onAuth)
-    this.target.on('OK', onOk)
-
-    return {
-      unsubscribe: () => {
-        this.target.off('AUTH', onAuth)
-        this.target.off('OK', onOk)
-      }
-    }
-  }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/network/Subscribe.ts b/packages/network/Subscribe.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d42c39c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/network/Subscribe.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,252 @@
+import type {Event} from 'nostr-tools'
+import {Emitter, randomId, groupBy, batch, defer, uniq} from '@coracle.social/lib'
+import type {Deferred} from '@coracle.social/lib'
+import {matchFilters, calculateFilterGroup, combineFilters} from '@coracle.social/util'
+import type {Filter} from '@coracle.social/util'
+import {Tracker} from "./Tracker"
+import {Connection} from './Connection'
+import {NetworkContext} from './Context'
+
+// `subscribe` is a super function that handles batching subscriptions by merging
+// them based on parameters (filters and subscribe opts), then splits them by relay.
+// This results in fewer REQs being opened per connection, fewer duplicate events
+// being downloaded, and therefore less signature validation.
+//
+// Behavior can be further configured using NetworkContext. This can be useful for
+// adding support for querying a local cache like a relay, tracking deleted events,
+// and bypassing validation for trusted relays.
+//
+// Urls that any given event was seen on are tracked using subscription request's `tracker`
+// property. These are merged across all subscription requests, so it is possible that an
+// event may be seen on more relays that were actually requested, in the case of overlapping
+// subscriptions.
+
+export enum SubscriptionEvent {
+  Eose = "eose",
+  Close = "close",
+  Event = "event",
+  Abort = "abort",
+  Complete = "complete",
+  Duplicate = "duplicate",
+  DeletedEvent = "deleted-event",
+  FailedFilter = "failed-filter",
+  InvalidSignature = "invalid-signature",
+}
+
+export type SubscribeRequest = {
+  relays: string[]
+  filters: Filter[]
+  timeout?: number
+  immediate?: boolean
+  closeOnEose?: boolean
+}
+
+export type Subscription = {
+  id: string
+  emitter: Emitter
+  tracker: Tracker
+  result: Deferred<Event[]>
+  request: SubscribeRequest
+  close: () => void
+}
+
+export const makeSubscription = (request: SubscribeRequest) => {
+  const id = randomId()
+  const emitter = new Emitter()
+  const tracker = new Tracker()
+  const result = defer<Event[]>()
+  const close = () => emitter.emit('abort')
+
+  return {id, request, emitter, tracker, result, close}
+}
+
+export const calculateSubscriptionGroup = (sub: Subscription) => {
+  const parts: string[] = sub.request.filters.map(calculateFilterGroup)
+
+  if (sub.request.timeout) parts.push(`timeout:${sub.request.timeout}`)
+  if (sub.request.closeOnEose) parts.push('closeOnEose')
+
+  return parts.join('|')
+}
+
+export const mergeSubscriptions = (subs: Subscription[]) => {
+  const completedRelays = new Set()
+  const mergedSubscriptions = []
+
+  for (const group of Object.values(groupBy(calculateSubscriptionGroup, subs))) {
+    for (const relay of uniq(group.flatMap((sub: Subscription) => sub.request.relays))) {
+      const abortedSubs = new Set()
+      const callerSubs = group.filter((sub: Subscription) => sub.request.relays.includes(relay))
+      const mergedSub = makeSubscription({
+        relays: [relay],
+        timeout: callerSubs[0].request.timeout,
+        filters: combineFilters(callerSubs.flatMap((sub: Subscription) => sub.request.filters)),
+      })
+
+      for (const {id, emitter, tracker} of callerSubs) {
+        // Propagate links to the caller
+        tracker.link(mergedSub.tracker)
+
+        // Propagate abort event from the caller to the merged subscription
+        emitter.on(SubscriptionEvent.Abort, () => {
+          abortedSubs.add(id)
+
+          if (abortedSubs.size === callerSubs.length) {
+            mergedSub.close()
+          }
+        })
+      }
+
+      // Pass events back to caller
+      const propagateEvent = (type: SubscriptionEvent, checkFilter: boolean) =>
+        mergedSub.emitter.on(type,  (url: string, event: Event) => {
+          for (const sub of callerSubs) {
+            if (!checkFilter || matchFilters(sub.request.filters, event)) {
+              sub.emitter.emit(type, url, event)
+            }
+          }
+        })
+
+      propagateEvent(SubscriptionEvent.Event, true)
+      propagateEvent(SubscriptionEvent.Duplicate, true)
+      propagateEvent(SubscriptionEvent.DeletedEvent, false)
+      propagateEvent(SubscriptionEvent.FailedFilter, false)
+      propagateEvent(SubscriptionEvent.InvalidSignature, true)
+
+      // Propagate eose
+      mergedSub.emitter.on(SubscriptionEvent.Eose, (url: string) => {
+        for (const sub of callerSubs) {
+          sub.emitter.emit(SubscriptionEvent.Eose, url)
+        }
+      })
+
+      // Propagate close
+      mergedSub.emitter.on(SubscriptionEvent.Close, (url: string) => {
+        for (const sub of callerSubs) {
+          sub.emitter.emit(SubscriptionEvent.Close, url)
+        }
+      })
+
+      // Propagate subscription completion. Since we split subs by relay, we need to wait
+      // until all relays are completed before we notify
+      mergedSub.emitter.on(SubscriptionEvent.Complete, () => {
+        completedRelays.add(relay)
+
+        for (const sub of callerSubs) {
+          if (sub.request.relays.every(url => completedRelays.has(url))) {
+            sub.emitter.emit(SubscriptionEvent.Complete)
+          }
+        }
+      })
+
+      // Propagate promise resolution
+      mergedSub.result.then((events: Event[]) => {
+        for (const sub of callerSubs) {
+          sub.result.resolve(events.filter((e: Event) => matchFilters(sub.request.filters, e)))
+        }
+      })
+
+      mergedSubscriptions.push(mergedSub)
+    }
+  }
+
+  return mergedSubscriptions
+}
+
+export const executeSubscription = (sub: Subscription) => {
+  const {result, request, emitter, tracker} = sub
+  const {timeout, filters, closeOnEose, relays} = request
+  const executor = NetworkContext.getExecutor(relays)
+  const events: Event[] = []
+
+  const completedRelays = new Set()
+  let completed: number
+
+  const complete = () => {
+    if (completed) return
+
+    // Mark as cleaned upp, unsubscribe our executor
+    completed = Date.now()
+    executorSub.unsubscribe()
+
+    // Resolve our promise
+    result.resolve(events)
+
+    // Notify caller, clean up our event emitter
+    emitter.emit(SubscriptionEvent.Complete)
+    emitter.removeAllListeners()
+
+    // Remove our onClose handler from connections, since they are shared by many subs
+    executor.target.connections.forEach((c: Connection) => c.off("close", onClose))
+    executor.target.cleanup()
+  }
+
+  const onEvent = (url: string, event: Event) => {
+    // Check the signature and filters. If we've seen this event, don't re-validate.
+    if (tracker.track(event.id, url)) {
+      emitter.emit(SubscriptionEvent.Duplicate, url, event)
+    } else if (NetworkContext.isDeleted(url, event)) {
+      emitter.emit(SubscriptionEvent.DeletedEvent, url, event)
+    } else if (!NetworkContext.matchFilters(url, filters, event)) {
+      emitter.emit(SubscriptionEvent.FailedFilter, url, event)
+    } else if (!NetworkContext.hasValidSignature(url, event)) {
+      emitter.emit(SubscriptionEvent.InvalidSignature, url, event)
+    } else {
+      emitter.emit(SubscriptionEvent.Event, url, event)
+      events.push(event)
+    }
+  }
+
+  const onEose = (url: string) => {
+    completedRelays.add(url)
+
+    emitter.emit(SubscriptionEvent.Eose, url)
+
+    if (closeOnEose && completedRelays.size === executor.target.connections.length) {
+      complete()
+    }
+  }
+
+  const onClose = (connection: Connection) => {
+    completedRelays.add(connection.url)
+
+    emitter.emit(SubscriptionEvent.Close, connection.url)
+
+    if (completedRelays.size === executor.target.connections.length) {
+      complete()
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Allow the caller to cancel the subscription
+  emitter.on(SubscriptionEvent.Abort, complete)
+
+  // If we have a timeout, complete the subscription automatically
+  if (timeout) setTimeout(complete, timeout)
+
+  // If one of our connections gets closed make sure to kill our sub
+  executor.target.connections.forEach((c: Connection) => c.on('close', onClose))
+
+  // Finally, start our subscription
+  const executorSub = executor.subscribe(filters, {onEvent, onEose})
+}
+
+export const executeSubscriptions = (subs: Subscription[]) =>
+  mergeSubscriptions(subs).forEach(executeSubscription)
+
+export const executeSubscriptionBatched = batch(500, executeSubscriptions)
+
+export const subscribe = (request: SubscribeRequest) => {
+  const subscription: Subscription = makeSubscription(request)
+
+  if (request.filters.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error("Zero filters passed to subscribe")
+  }
+
+  if (request.immediate) {
+    executeSubscription(subscription)
+  } else {
+    executeSubscriptionBatched(subscription)
+  }
+
+  return subscription
+}
diff --git a/packages/network/Subscription.ts b/packages/network/Subscription.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 0fcc0b6..0000000
--- a/packages/network/Subscription.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,123 +0,0 @@
-import {Emitter} from '@coracle.social/lib'
-import type {Filter} from '@coracle.social/util'
-import {matchFilters, hasValidSignature} from '@coracle.social/util'
-import type {Event} from 'nostr-tools'
-import type {Executor} from "./Executor"
-import type {Connection} from './Connection'
-
-export type SubscriptionOpts = {
-  executor: Executor
-  filters: Filter[]
-  timeout?: number
-  closeOnEose?: boolean
-  hasSeen?: (e: Event, url: string) => boolean
-  shouldValidate?: (e: Event, url: string) => boolean
-}
-
-export class Subscription extends Emitter {
-  unsubscribe: () => void
-  dead = new Set<string>()
-  seen = new Set<string>()
-  eose = new Set<string>()
-  closeHandlers = new Map()
-  opened = Date.now()
-  closed?: number
-
-  constructor(readonly opts: SubscriptionOpts) {
-    super()
-
-    const {executor, timeout, filters} = this.opts
-
-    // If we have a timeout, close the subscription automatically
-    if (timeout) {
-      setTimeout(this.close, timeout)
-    }
-
-    // If one of our connections gets closed make sure to kill our sub
-    executor.target.connections.forEach(con => {
-      const handler = () => {
-        this.dead.add(con.url)
-
-        if (this.dead.size === executor.target.connections.length) {
-          this.close()
-        }
-      }
-
-      this.closeHandlers.set(con.url, handler)
-
-      con.on("close", handler)
-    })
-
-    // Start our subscription
-    const sub = executor.subscribe(filters, {
-      onEvent: this.onEvent,
-      onEose: this.onEose,
-    })
-
-    this.unsubscribe = sub.unsubscribe
-  }
-
-  hasSeen = (event: Event, url: string) => {
-    if (this.opts.hasSeen) {
-      return this.opts.hasSeen(event, url)
-    }
-
-    if (this.seen.has(event.id)) {
-      return true
-    }
-
-    this.seen.add(event.id)
-
-    return false
-  }
-
-  hasValidSignature = (event: Event, url: string) => {
-    if (this.opts.shouldValidate && !this.opts.shouldValidate(event, url)) {
-      return true
-    }
-
-    return hasValidSignature(event)
-  }
-
-  onEvent = (url: string, event: Event) => {
-    // If we've seen this event, don't re-validate
-    // Otherwise, check the signature and filters
-    if (this.hasSeen(event, url)) {
-      this.emit("duplicate", event, url)
-    } else {
-      if (!this.hasValidSignature(event, url)) {
-        this.emit("invalid-signature", event, url)
-      } else if (!matchFilters(this.opts.filters, event)) {
-        this.emit("failed-filter", event, url)
-      } else {
-        this.emit("event", event, url)
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  onEose = (url: string) => {
-    const {executor, closeOnEose} = this.opts
-
-    this.emit("eose", url)
-
-    this.eose.add(url)
-
-    if (closeOnEose && this.eose.size >= executor.target.connections.length) {
-      this.close()
-    }
-  }
-
-  close = () => {
-    if (!this.closed) {
-      const {target} = this.opts.executor
-
-      this.closed = Date.now()
-      this.unsubscribe()
-      this.emit("close")
-      this.removeAllListeners()
-
-      target.connections.forEach((con: Connection) => con.off("close", this.closeHandlers.get(con.url)))
-      target.cleanup()
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/network/Tracker.ts b/packages/network/Tracker.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e28d308
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/network/Tracker.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import {writable} from '@coracle.social/lib'
+
+export class Tracker {
+  links: Tracker[] = []
+  data = writable(new Map<string, Set<string>>())
+
+  getRelays = (eventId: string) => {
+    const relays = new Set<string>()
+
+    for (const relay of this.data.get().get(eventId) || []) {
+      relays.add(relay)
+    }
+
+    for (const link of this.links) {
+      for (const relay of link.getRelays(eventId)) {
+        relays.add(relay)
+      }
+    }
+
+    return relays
+  }
+
+  hasRelay = (eventId: string, relay: string) => {
+    return this.getRelays(eventId).has(relay)
+  }
+
+  addRelay = (eventId: string, relay: string) => {
+    const relays = this.data.get().get(eventId) || new Set()
+
+    relays.add(relay)
+
+    this.data.update(m => {
+      m.set(eventId, relays)
+
+      return m
+    })
+  }
+
+  track = (eventId: string, relay: string) => {
+    if (this.hasRelay(eventId, relay)) return true
+
+    this.addRelay(eventId, relay)
+
+    return false
+  }
+
+  link = (tracker: Tracker) => this.links.push(tracker)
+
+  copy = (eventId1: string, eventId2: string) => {
+    for (const relay of this.getRelays(eventId1)) {
+      this.addRelay(eventId2, relay)
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/network/index.ts b/packages/network/index.ts
index 43f08a1..9d21ca4 100644
--- a/packages/network/index.ts
+++ b/packages/network/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 export * from "./Connection"
 export * from "./ConnectionMeta"
+export * from "./Context"
 export * from "./Executor"
 export * from "./Pool"
 export * from "./Socket"
-export * from "./Subscription"
+export * from "./Subscribe"
+export * from "./Tracker"
 export * from "./target/Multi"
 export * from "./target/Plex"
 export * from "./target/Relay"