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<p>From what I read it looks like they plan to create some
blockchain that uses "Proof-of-relaying-Tor-traffic" as an
alternative to Proof of Work or Proof of Stake. From their blog
"rather than requiring complex off-chain verification or arbitrary
computation to prevent bad actors receiving fees, Proof-of-Uptime
verifies on useful activity." Supposedly to give some incentives
to run Tor relays because you get "recognition rewards" I guess
some shitcoin. Not sure what those are for but I'll just keep
"mining" consensus weight. Because you don't need a modified
version of Tor and you don't need the blockchain for that. Just
download the consensus and look at the consensus weight and you
have your proof of uptime and relaying.<br>
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<p>On 17.03.23 15:22, Leon D wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">So they’re just a cryptocurrency mining company?
I’m not 100% sure how they are able to use Tor Relays to mine
Cryptocurrency?</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 at
11:53, Richie <<a href="mailto:richie@zuviel.org"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">richie@zuviel.org</a>>
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.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><a
href="http://ator.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">ator.org</a> actually works. They
try to get Relay Operators to mine/receive <br>
their cryptocurrency through uptime, see <a
href="https://docs.ator.io/" rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://docs.ator.io/</a> .
Also <br>
some hardware plans regarding Wifi routers with preinstalled
"ator" <br>
software/routing.<br>
<br>
Personally, i'd say "kill it with fire", but well, thats
just me :) <br>
Nevertheless, i guess it could be helpful to make it clear
also on <br>
behalf of <a href="http://torproject.org" rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">torproject.org</a>,
that we're neither support nor endorse their <br>
plans and disencourage to use this stuff.<br>
<br>
greetz<br>
Richie<br>
<br>
Am 16.03.23 um 20:25 schrieb Christian Pietsch via
tor-relays:<br>
> Dear Tor community,<br>
> <br>
> maybe the notes from the Tor relay operator meetup on
March 4 should<br>
> have mentioned that a participant called AirTor was
kicked from that<br>
> BBB conference.<br>
> <br>
> This happened because they were using “Tor” in their
name and<br>
> continued to make dubious offers like the one below
which just arrived<br>
> in my NGO's inbox. They did not send it to the e-mail
address in the<br>
> ContactInfo of our Tor relays but a generic one. In
BBB's text chat,<br>
> they offered to change their name “if thats best,” but
as you can see,<br>
> they have not. Instead, the signed as ATOR – but that
might be a typo.<br>
> <br>
> I am writing this to let you know that it's best to
ignore e-mails<br>
> like the one below. In the meetup, Roger made it
increasingly clear<br>
> that he does not believe that AirTor are acting in good
faith.<br>
> <br>
> Cheers,<br>
> Christian<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> ----- Forwarded message -----<br>
> <br>
> From: AirTor Team <<a
href="mailto:team@airtor.org" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">team@airtor.org</a>><br>
> Message-ID: <<a
href="mailto:1167510526.29240.1678981005095@eu1.myprofessionalmail.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">1167510526.29240.1678981005095@eu1.myprofessionalmail.com</a>><br>
> Subject: Support for TOR relay associations<br>
> X-Mailer: Open-Xchange Mailer v8.10.73<br>
> X-Originating-IP: 24.218.88.76<br>
> <br>
> Hello from ATOR!<br>
> We are a community driven initiative that provides
recognition rewards to<br>
> supporters and operators in the TOR ecosystem.<br>
> We would love to recognize your efforts and the efforts
of your relay<br>
> operators, and hear your opinions on the protocol we
have in mind.<br>
> Please let us know if this is something of interest to
you. We would also like<br>
> to donate to help your operation grow and remain
active.<br>
> Thank you for your time, we hope to hear from you soon!<br>
> Sincerely,<br>
> ATOR team<br>
> <br>
> ----- End forwarded message -----<br>
> <br>
> <br>
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