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Filename: 342-decouple-hs-interval.md
Title: Decoupling hs_interval and SRV lifetime
Author: Nick Mathewson
Created: 9 January 2023
Status: Draft
```
# Motivation and introduction
Tor uses shared random values (SRVs) in the consensus to determine
positions of relays within a hash ring. Which
Apologies if I missed this in the proposal, but what are the benefits of
this beyond decoupling? Will onion service users see benefits? Or is it
just about simplifying the code?
On Tue, Jan 10, 2023, 8:22 AM Nick Mathewson wrote:
> ```
> Filename: 342-decouple-hs-interval.md
> Title: Decoupling
On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 8:41 AM Holmes Wilson wrote:
> Apologies if I missed this in the proposal, but what are the benefits of
> this beyond decoupling? Will onion service users see benefits? Or is it
> just about simplifying the code?
>
There's no immediate benefit to users; it's entirely abou
Understood and thanks!
On Tue, Jan 10, 2023, 11:24 AM Nick Mathewson wrote:
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>
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 8:41 AM Holmes Wilson wrote:
>
>> Apologies if I missed this in the proposal, but what are the benefits of
>> this beyond decoupling? Will onion service users see benefits? Or is it
>> just
