Gareth Owen gareth.owen@port.ac.uk writes:
Grarpamp
I'm only not publishing it because of privacy concerns - ultimately some HS operators might not wish to have their existence publically known.. I would be open to supplying it to bona fide and verifiable tor project members if it is for a legitimate research purpose.
I am collecting version 2 descriptors. I have exactly 445994 hidden service descriptors - for approximately 70,000 unique hidden services. I do not believe the introduction points are secret, having a list of IPs doesn't help you connect to the hidden service.
From the number of introduction points you might be able to deduce the
popularity of the hidden service. Fortunately, this feature doesn't work very well: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/8950