[tor-relays] What's a "useful" relay?

[Ivan Markin]

Rana:
> So - what's the metric for calling a middle relay "useful"? Is it the total
> number of bytes that it relays daily? 
> https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/707A9A3358E0D8653089AF32A097570A96400C
> C6 is sending about 0.85 GB every 24 hours. Is it a "useful" relay?

Sure it is! If there were only blazing fast relays it would decrease
anonymity because these relays would be placed in some datacenters and
operated by small amount of people (entities).

Tor network needs all kinds of relays to be strong. Diversity is about
platform, location, connectivity, etc, etc.

If you think that your relay is underrated or has poor performance try
to adjust your hardware/settings. Anyway almost every relay operator has
this kind of "operator anxiety". Don't worry. ;)
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Ivan Markin