[tor-relays] bitcoin adopt a node idea

[Scott Bennett]

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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