[tor-relays] OnionTip.com distributes Bitcoin donations to all BTC addresses set in ContactInfo

[Tim Semeijn]

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On 8/10/14, 6:48 PM, Tom van der Woerdt wrote:
> Tim Semeijn schreef op 10/08/14 17:33:
>> On 8/10/14, 4:32 PM, ban at unseen.is wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> apparently this hasn't been discussed here yet. About a month 
>>> ago, Donncha O'Cearbhaill build https://oniontip.com/ during 
>>> the Dublin Bitcoin Hackathon. It is a webapp which 
>>> automatically extracts all Bitcoin addresses set in the 
>>> ContactInfo variable of the torrc and distributes Bitcoin 
>>> donations based on the consensus weight.
>>> 
>>> There are already 100+ relays listed which represent around 5% 
>>> of the total consensus weight. In just a few weeks they 
>>> distributed around 125 US$.
>>> 
>>> There are many other theoretical ways to provide compensation 
>>> to tor relay operators (see 
>>> https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-incentives-research-roundup-goldstar-par-braids-lira-tears-and-torcoin)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>>
>>> 
>> but I really like this very simple and practical approach.
>>> 
>>> Thoughts? _______________________________________________ 
>>> tor-relays mailing list tor-relays at lists.torproject.org 
>>> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
>>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> 
>> I myself added a bitcoin address to the ContactInfo variable of
>> my nodes when I saw a tweet about this initiative. It is a nice
>> way to offer a way to donate to multiple node running volunteers 
>> instead of donating to a specific person or organization.
>> 
>> My nodes take up 20% of the current donations based on consensus 
>> so it would be nice if more relay operators take part in this 
>> project to make it resemble the current Tor network better.
> 
> I really like this and I've added an address to my exits (4.2% of 
> total exit consensus). However, for this to really kick off I'd 
> recommend adding visibility on how many donations were received
> and how it was distributed across relays. There should be
> safeguards to prevent oniontip.com from taking a part of the money,
> etc.
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
> 
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> 

Visibility would indeed be nice. You can see at the bottom of the page
though how much BTC has been donated. Clicking the links of the BTC
addresses of everyone listed shows what transactions have been made
from oniontip to the relay operators. A more prominent way to monitor
this would be handy though.

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Tim Semeijn
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