Hi all, I’ve spent some time setting up a standalone Snowflake network this week, mainly for my own practice. Basically what I have is: - A Snowflake broker working with domain fronting on a CDN other than CDN77, and of course Amp Cache. - Two Snowflake bridges, https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#search/Triplebit%20transport:snowflak... - A handful of proxies with high-speed/no-NAT connections configured to use this network instead of the default. And everything works perfectly in stable Tor Browser. I was mostly curious about what the performance would look like, and of course it is better since I’m the only one using it :) I was thinking that a potential use could be to have a Snowflake network that has no browser extension proxies or proxies behind NAT, only standalone daemons on high-performance networks from operators willing to contribute. My theory is that there are some people who would benefit from a Snowflake bridge with performance more in line with obfs4 or WebTunnel, which may or may not really be true. What I’m wondering is, do you think this is a concept worth pursuing, or do I just leave it as a weekend experiment? Obviously a big advantage is lost by having fewer proxies compared to the current Snowflake network, which would make it easier to enumerate. I think a big advantage gained as a bridge operator is being able to publish the bridge line publicly and take advantage of domain fronting without actually proxying Tor traffic through a CDN. I can change the IPs of my bridges by swapping out proxies, without bridge users needing to update their bridges in their client, which seems like a win. What I don’t know: - Could this actually provide the same or greater value than just contributing more standalone Snowflake proxies to the public network? - Is this worthwhile compared to simply running WebTunnel bridges? - Is there one other relay association perhaps willing to volunteer to run a bridge on this network, and are there other relay associations or individuals willing and able to contribute only high-performing and standalone proxies to it? Let me know what you think! Best, Jonah