Please see: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-incentives-research-roundup-goldstar-par-braids-lira-tears-and-torcoin
-V On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 4:04 PM Alex NoName <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello! > I have some ideas to improve tor project and I'm not sure that I'm writing > in right place. I'm operating a tor exit node for a long time, and I use > tor not only on computer but even on my phone. Since I first installed tor > browser I feel great improvements in tor network's speed, but exiting in > the external sites takes some time because lack of exit nodes. Yeah, I know > that it is a problem to operate an exit node. I often receive abuses and > spam problems, besides some services doesn't work at all. But today I was > thinking about bitcoins and realized that this crypto-coin uses computer > power to calculate some hash, the same type of calculation that exit node > proceed with every package, but more complicated. May be tor project can > use this calculation and power not only for asking people to do so, but to > make money on their exit nodes. I suggest to create a new type of > crypto-coin as TorCoin and give every exit node an digital account to store > those coins. For every tcp session or pack > age decryption exit node will receive a reward that can be used to buy > smth in internal tor's network or even on external one. I think that while > digital decentralized payment method is still making their own way into our > everyday life, this is great opportunity for tor project to become not only > a anonymous way of communication but something more, that will bring more > exit nodes to this network and increase speed. And this will make people > who operates exit node not to work as enthusiasts but to do it with all the > responsibility as it is their main job. > Thanks for your time, this is general concept, I can develop further with > technical details if you think that this is good idea and we have to spent > more time on it. > -- > tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] > To unsubscribe or change other settings go to > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > -- tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
