Speaking of this, let's say I run a fast relay from my home connection (2MB/s). Can I run another relay with the same id from my mobile? Something like 2 in 1, where I have the same id on both machines? Or will the network reject my second one..?
> On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 12:04:37AM +0100, [email protected] wrote: >> Hi, yes it's called Orbot see here >> >> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.torproject.android&hl=en_GB&referrer=utm_source%3Dgoogle%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_term%3Dorbot&pcampaignid=APPU_Hbc5VJLDFMjB7AaK9oBw >> >> And here's a Reddit thread on setting it up as a non exit node >> >> http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2im3cz/turn_your_android_into_a_tor_relay_get_bitcoin/ > > Unfortunately, your smartphone likely doesn't have the cpu to push much > traffic, and also your home wifi or equivalent very likely doesn't have > the bandwidth to be a good relay. > > So this is a really appealing idea in theory, but in practice such relays > are much much less useful than faster relays -- to the point that slow > relays actually hurt the network because they produce bad performance > for users who are unlucky enough to pick them. > > It would be cool to live in a world where things were different -- > perhaps one day somebody will do the rest of the research and > engineering work involved in making the Conflux design work: > http://freehaven.net/anonbib/#pets13-splitting > But we took a step in the direction away from Conflux when we moved > from three guard nodes per user to one. > > --Roger > > -- > tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] > To unsubscribe or change other settings go to > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > -- tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
