100 sats \ 6 replies \ @spacewrangler 3 Apr 2023 \ on: Mullvad and The Tor Project releases a new web browser bitcoin
Huge waste of the Tor project's resources considering the current state of the network.
The question is: what would be a better a better allocation of the their resources?
- The dos could be solved with some kind of POW mechanism ... which would be a huge drain on the network as well
- The dos could be solved with Lightning payments ... which isn't happening anytime soon and would crush the number of active nodes
- The dos problem could be partially improved with more nodes ... for which we have tried everything else
- Getting partners for bigger install base - I'd be awesome if e.g. every windows pc in the world could be turned into a relay node which isn't happening anytime soon but Mullvard is an achievable partner to increase install base
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Actually, reading the article, it sounds like the browser uses VPN. How is this increasing Tor install base?
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I assume this is the long term plan. Technically you are correct, that we don't know that yet. But it would make sense for the Tor foundation to waste their resources otherwise
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Are there any plans for integrating Lightning to solve the incentives for running Tor nodes?
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Speaking like a true statist
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🤡🤡🤡
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