What is the minimum bandwidth/latency that a node requires in order for it to benefit the network? I read here* that 100 kilobytes/s each way would be enough, which I imagine many phones are capable of handling, and represent a small fraction of a wifi network's bandwidth.
*https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-doc-relay.html.en On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Roger Dingledine <a...@mit.edu> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 12:04:37AM +0100, 4dcb8...@opayq.com 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 - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > To unsubscribe or change other settings go to > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
