[tor-bugs] #29330 [Metrics/Website]: Do something with advertised bandwidth distribution graphs

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#29330: Do something with advertised bandwidth distribution graphs
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 Reporter:  karsten          |          Owner:  metrics-team
     Type:  enhancement      |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium           |      Milestone:
Component:  Metrics/Website  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal           |     Resolution:
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 Reviewer:  irl              |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by arma):

 I am ok with the 'replace' plan, where we switch from descriptor
 bandwidths to consensus weights.

 These graphs are all about (or at least, were started for) visualizing how
 centralized the Tor network is. For example, they aimed to help answer the
 questions "how much of the Tor network are the top x relays, or the top x%
 of the relays?" There are many other ways we might visualize the
 centralization of the network over time, and which for me might be at
 least as good as these current graphs. For examples,

 * "how many relays are in the top 50% of the network by bandwidth or by
 consensus weight?"

 * "if we think of the current Tor network in terms of equally weighted
 relays, rather than the current wildly unbalanced weights, how many
 uniformly-weighted relays would it be the equivalent of?"

 * "if a client builds 100 circuits, what's the expected number of relays
 (maybe broken out into first / second / third hop) that it will interact
 with?"

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