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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">If I may be allowed to add my 2cents as
a newbie...<br>
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Just found the website <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://torstatus.blutmagie.de">https://torstatus.blutmagie.de</a> Linked off
the <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.torservers.net">https://www.torservers.net</a> site. If this is reliable, then
stats would be easy to determine. List the say...top 5(random
number) of each country and support them? If a particular country
does not have the min 5 then run a contest... As other exit nodes
reach a milestone in say...uptime + Bandwidth + Location , they
are added to the support list. This gives a goal for node
operators to reach, and tells you they are good system admins and
should be taken care of.<br>
<br>
A secondary with the "top 5 idea" After the "top 5" are taken
care of, if there is money left over, a voting system could be
put into place where the community could vote on which node to
donate to OR the ability to earmark their donations to particular
nodes.<br>
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On 07/29/2012 09:25 PM, Zac Lym wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CAKVN0H_5-a0W+H87EE8WAZ6R_gS+8E0t8wBjn+QK7aLyLaeBPg@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">This seems (to me) like an obvious suggestion, so my
apologies if it's already been thought up.<br>
<br>
Why not establish a team/scoreboard system, like those used for
distributed computing and BitCoin mining? This elegantly solves a
few problems while with minimal resource commitment from the Tor
organization.Most importantly, it's a way to pump money into the
system without ruining the current atmosphere. Sponsors could
easily buy some bandwidth or people can also just donate their own
connections and join a particular team. The scoreboard is based
on goodwill, not dollars spent.It also eliminates the hassle of
setting prices, as teams can compete for dollars and bandwidth
provided, essentially setting their own prices. The org could
also setup a payment system, like we-pay, that the team admins can
configure to deposit funds. It could be set as a proof of work
system, paying after the bandwidth has been provided.<br>
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<br>
This also allows a degree of control to prevent abuse from admins
trying to juice stats by abusing some network infrastructure, like
dummy trial accounts on hosting sites. A group admin could block
specific hosts or the Tor project could remove an entire group.<br>
<br>
Finally, this could allow for the Tor project to create metrics
based on things other than speed, akin to how Folding@home scores
GPU and CPU contributions differently. Then the project can set
anonymity goals for the network (such as location, ISP, backbone
provider, etc) and the volunteers will adjust their patterns
accordingly.<br>
<br>
Finally, I would like to strongly suggest taking a cut of all
donations to pay for the new infrastructure and Tor research and
development. I wouldn't want development to slow on Tor because
donations are going to bandwidth instead. Indeed, I would prefer
we spend a ton of money on the stenography efforts and usability.<br>
<br>
Anyway, thanks for the hard work!<br clear="all">
-Zach Lym<br>
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