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

[Tom van der Woerdt]

Tim Semeijn schreef op 10/08/14 17:33:
> 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.
>>
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>
> 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.

I really like this and I've added an address to my exits (4.2% of total 
exit consensus). However, for this to really kick off I'd recommend 
adding visibility on how many donations were received and how it was 
distributed across relays. There should be safeguards to prevent 
oniontip.com from taking a part of the money, etc.

Tom

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