[tor-relays] OnionTip.com distributes Bitcoin donations to all BTC addresses set in ContactInfo

[Tim Semeijn]

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On 8/10/14, 4:32 PM, ban at unseen.is wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> apparently this hasn't been discussed here yet. About a month ago,
> Donncha O'Cearbhaill build https://oniontip.com/ during the Dublin
> Bitcoin Hackathon. It is a webapp which automatically extracts all
> Bitcoin addresses set in the ContactInfo variable of the torrc and
> distributes Bitcoin donations based on the consensus weight.
> 
> There are already 100+ relays listed which represent around 5% of
> the total consensus weight. In just a few weeks they distributed
> around 125 US$.
> 
> There are many other theoretical ways to provide compensation to
> tor relay operators (see 
> https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-incentives-research-roundup-goldstar-par-braids-lira-tears-and-torcoin)
>
> 
but I really like this very simple and practical approach.
> 
> Thoughts? _______________________________________________ 
> tor-relays mailing list tor-relays at lists.torproject.org 
> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
> 

I myself added a bitcoin address to the ContactInfo variable of my
nodes when I saw a tweet about this initiative. It is a nice way to
offer a way to donate to multiple node running volunteers instead of
donating to a specific person or organization.

My nodes take up 20% of the current donations based on consensus so it
would be nice if more relay operators take part in this project to
make it resemble the current Tor network better.

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Tim Semeijn
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