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I have an idea to minimize traffic on the tor network or make it faster. It should be possible to use the network as a cdn. If I want to make a file available,
by marcodiego 3y ago
I have an idea to minimize traffic on the tor network or make it faster. It should be possible to use the network as a cdn. If I want to make a file available, it should be possible for me to send pieces of the file to nodes who gave me permission to do so. When the file is requested, I then could point to these nodes. Of course, some care should be taken not to turn the tor network into a "anonymous torrent replacement" to avoid defeating its purpose.
The current proposal discussed in the post talks about "prioritize verified network traffic". It would be interesting if sharing "file pieces" could prioritize your traffic since you're actually helping the network. Instead of "proof-of-work" it would be "proof-of-bandwidth-contribution".
- bawolff 3y agoThat's kind of more the freenet model (content based), where tor is traditionally anonoymous TCP real time networking. I dont really see how it minimizes traffic on the network though. You still have to talk to the CDN nodes.
- marcodiego 3y agoYou're right. This doesn't minimizes traffic, it distributes it.