Oddbean new post about login | logout Can we get Nostr and Tor working better together?
Can we drink some coffee first?
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What would that look like? As I understand it, you could run a relay behind a hidden service right now. Do you mean that?
The way I see it there are two things. One is easy. Get relay software to by default or easily add and advertise onion services. The second one is to add tor support to clients so they use those onion service relays.
I think the big hurdle is client support because AFAIK, there is nothing stopping a relay from running on clearnet and Tor using torrc as we speak.
sincere question: who uses Tor?
Almost everyone who runs bitcoin and lightning nodes.
I am a regular guy who runs a Bitcoin node. Why should I use TOR? The use case for @Snowden is clear, but what about the public? Again, no irony.
Eventually they will make running nodes illegal for individuals and then you don't want your IP to be known to host a bitcoin node. Apart from that, Tor is a convenient way for people to access their node when they are away from home, without having to open ports or the need for a static IP.
I would say the use case is to not become a Snowden. "The public" doesn't really mean anything (reference some of Ayn Rand's work) because it abstracts away the individual. Individuals other than Snowden have just as much reason to use Tor as Snowden by virtue of the fact that Snowden has to. That's the whole point. If we had nothing to fear then sure, no one would need to. Snowden proved that everyone has something to fear. Hence Tor.
Absolutelly, Amethyst has the option to route all your #nostr traffic via #TOR But you will need a TOR client, I recomend you https://invizible.net
Nostr Tor Bitcoin is a powerful mix
I was wondering about this last night.
and IPFS. Not Filecoin, necessarily, but the storage network.
Just use Orbot on Android
That sort of works. One it requires users do a bunch of setup both initially but also every time they want to switch in to tor mode. The bigger issue is nostr over tor is much better if you’re connecting to onion service relays and don’t leave the Tor network. We need it to be very easy like tap a button in the client to turn on and off tor mode and when you are in tor mode it finds and uses the onion network version so the traffic stays private.