[tor-relays] bitcoin adopt a node idea
jason at icetor.is
jason at icetor.is
Thu Jun 26 05:39:50 UTC 2014
Sorry perhaps I didn't explain well enough. What I was pointing to was
that tor could benefit from the idea of cheaply crowd sponsored relays
that use ansible, chef or puppet to spin up for a month. That the
article is about bitcoin is merely coincidental.
-J
On 06/26/2014 05:35 AM, Scott Bennett wrote:
> jason at icetor.is wrote:
>
>> This seems pretty damn similiar to something we should be offering for
>> Tor relays, possibly even exits and bridges (if they only run for a
>> month at a time). Possibly co-ordinated through the EFF?
>>
>> http://www.coindesk.com/adopt-node-project-aims-bolster-bitcoin-network-security/
>>
> Assuming that the relevant bitcoin programs could be taught to talk
> SOCKS, then it seems that tor hidden services would, in principle if not
> in performance, be an ideal solution. Running those bitcoin "full" nodes
> as hidden services might well make them less vulnerable to being shut
> down by currency counterfeiters (e.g., the Federal Reserve and the central
> banks of other states, U.S. Dept. of the Treasury). Performance of hidden
> services, however, are severely constrained by the hidden services protocol,
> which can slow connection times enough to make one consider USnail as a
> possible alternative, and the need for circuits of 2n-1 relays, which makes
> access even slower than normal tor circuits of n relays.
>
>
> Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG
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