Also, might there be a way for nodes to advertise their speed? Assuming that there is no incentive to lie about being slow, it might be a useful heuristic so that a node with any bandwidth can join and benefit the network.
On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 8:22 AM, Casey Rodarmor <ca...@rodarmor.com> wrote: > 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
