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Running a regular node is fine as you're routing encrypted information for the Tor network - your unlikely to get any hassle although check your countries laws
by ancarda 13y ago
Running a regular node is fine as you're routing encrypted information for the Tor network - your unlikely to get any hassle although check your countries laws on crypto first.
Running an exit node may be a different story. You could get false DMCA takedown notices or get charged with someone else's crime. Think of it this way; you're running an open proxy. Uses of Tor can send any traffic through your connection. That being said, some ISPs are ok with it, others won't tolerate it.
I suggest you checkout https://blog.torproject.org/running-exit-node https://blog.torproject.org/running-exit-node if your really serious about running an exit node.
- csomar 13y agoThen, maybe, use Bitcoins for payment and Tor+HTTPS while signing up for the hosting provider?
- noerps 13y agoBitcoin transactions are chained, that may compromise you. But you could use an anon currency-exchange or currency-bridge like paysafecard.com to obtain some value and obtain bitcoin with that value and never use that bitcoin key again to avoid that.
- throwmeaway33 13y agoIs there no system to swap ownership of coins? If not there should be. You send X amount of bitcoins to a middle man who then gives you X amount back. Technically they will be different coins and they'll go to a different account #, so you can't trace anything.
- noerps 13y agoI am currently evaluating that.
- dave1010uk 13y agoI've heard that SatoshiDice is used for this. It's technically a gambling site but you can set the odds so you have a 98% chance of winning.
- stordoff 13y agoTake a look at mixing services[1], which seek to do exactly that. [1] https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mixing_service https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mixing_service
- Wilya 13y agoThat's not the issue, in general. The issue is more that a lot of hosting providers will close your account to cover themselves and avoid having to deal with the potential liability.