[tor-relays] bitcoin adopt a node idea

Scott Bennett bennett at sdf.org
Thu Jun 26 06:06:47 UTC 2014


jason at icetor.is wrote:

> 	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.

     No, I got that okay.  I was making a tangential point.  The
juxtaposition of the two projects seemed worth a comment in support
of hidden service ideas.  And, yes, the notion of crowd-sponsorship
of relays is good, although perhaps a feature to encourage longer-term
availability might be better.


                                  Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG
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