Limits on number of ESP32s for Unencrypted communication in ESPNOW

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I have a need to create a configuration where a master ESP32 communicates with various (slave) ESP32s that in turn have slave ESP32s themselves.

The communication is not encrypted (doesnt need to be).I plan to create a star configuration for the network. Each level will be a logical peer of others at the same level within the same heirarchy.

Since there is really no concept of a master-slave (except created logically by software), all systems are peers. Will I run into a limitation that the total number of ESP32s in the system exceeds the 20 peers limit when the communication is encrypted ? My communication is un-encrypted.