[tor-bugs] #23170 [Core Tor/Tor]: Include ed25519 relay id keys in the consensus

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#23170: Include ed25519 relay id keys in the consensus
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 Reporter:  asn                                  |          Owner:  nickm
     Type:  task                                 |         Status:
                                                 |  accepted
 Priority:  Very High                            |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.3.3.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  prop224 tor-dirauth tor-hs ed25519   |  Actual Points:
  needs-proposal                                 |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:  1
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
                                                 |  SponsorR-can
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Comment (by teor):

 Replying to [comment:7 teor]:
 > Replying to [comment:6 arma]:
 > > Hopefully useful thoughts:
 > >
 > > A) Is the only reason we need ed keys in the consensus for this
 hashring thing? That seems like a sad reason to put in all the overhead
 for every client for every hour forever.
 >
 > Consensus diffs will make this into a once-off addition for 0.3.1 and
 later clients.
 >
 > Also, if we're having trouble getting some descriptors for our primary
 guards, does this fix that issue as well?

 Moving ed ids to the consensus means we can eventually remove them from
 microdescs, stop voting on NoEdConsensus, and just drop them from the
 consensus when they're wrong.

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