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Genuine question: can crypto economics provide incentives for a more decentralised Tor? I'm talking about being paid crypto for hosting a tor node, and charged
by dannyw 5y ago
Genuine question: can crypto economics provide incentives for a more decentralised Tor?
I'm talking about being paid crypto for hosting a tor node, and charged crypto for using a tor node. Using privacy technologies like ring signatures of course.
- ric2b 5y agoTechnologies like payment channels would allow for automatic pay-as-you-go schemes where your Tor client would pay sub-cent amounts for every MB used or whatever. But privacy is indeed a big challenge since we're talking about Tor.
- qualudeheart 5y agoMysterium and other decentralized vpns let you do that.
- thecrash 5y agoIt's an interesting idea, and being worked on by Nym https://nymtech.net/ https://nymtech.net/