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There's a discussion about whether volunteers running Tor relays should be motivated by cash reward. During the June 5th ResetTheNet campaign the EFF put up a l
by BillFranklin 12y ago
There's a discussion about whether volunteers running Tor relays should be motivated by cash reward. During the June 5th ResetTheNet campaign the EFF put up a landing page for beginners to set up nodes and rewarded people with merchandise etc. if they lasted a certain amount of time. But it's possible that many of the nodes that were set up because of this were not long-lasting.
Motivating people with short-term reward does not produce long-lasting relays.
EDIT: It seems like they are, but I wouldn't mind an update on this. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/09/tor-challenge-inspires-1635-tor-relays https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/09/tor-challenge-inspires...
- shangxiao 12y agoFrom my understanding the rewards aren't that big, even with large tips like the 10 BTC one. It's probably more of an acknowledgement thing.
- sinak 12y agoThe EFF's Tor Challenge reward was really nominal - they offered "a limited-edition sticker if your Tor relay is still running 12 months" later. It was really more symbolic than anything else.
- mbrubeck 12y agoFor a high-bandwidth relay (>1MBps) you also get a t-shirt!
- scott_karana 12y agoPersonally, the rewards were secondary: the drive mainly just reminded me to set up permanent relays, so I did. :-)