[tor-relays] Oniontip

2014-10-24 Thread Sebastian Urbach
Dear list members, Since i was the One who asked to put Oniontip on the tor-website (donate section), what is the current discussion status ? -- Mit freundlichen GrĂ¼ssen / Sincerely yours Sebastian Urbach - Definition of TOR: 10% luck, 20% skill, 15%

Re: [tor-relays] Oniontip

2014-09-30 Thread isis
Mike Perry transcribed 6.0K bytes: Thomas White: Hmmm... appears to be have been upgraded since I last checked then (which was only a few weeks ago!). Nicely done oniontip. I stand corrected. Well, my original ask was for everyone to be able to verify that all 12.36 BTC that oniontip

Re: [tor-relays] Oniontip

2014-09-29 Thread Sanjeev Gupta
On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 1:24 AM, Karsten Loesing kars...@torproject.org wrote: Speaking of, we're looking for hosting for a second Onionoo instance. It would be set up and maintained by iwakeh, cc'ed, who recently contributed some great patches to Onionoo. If somebody has a spare server with

Re: [tor-relays] Oniontip

2014-09-29 Thread Karsten Loesing
On 28/09/14 19:56, Thomas White wrote: I have a server that can be used but I'd rather not personally maintain it so if somebody can manage it, I can provide the hardware connection. Thanks, Thomas, for the offer. Following up in private mail. All the best, Karsten

Re: [tor-relays] Oniontip

2014-09-29 Thread Karsten Loesing
On 29/09/14 16:45, Sanjeev Gupta wrote: On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 1:24 AM, Karsten Loesing kars...@torproject.org wrote: Speaking of, we're looking for hosting for a second Onionoo instance. It would be set up and maintained by iwakeh, cc'ed, who recently contributed some great patches to

Re: [tor-relays] Oniontip

2014-09-28 Thread Mike Perry
Thomas White: Hmmm... appears to be have been upgraded since I last checked then (which was only a few weeks ago!). Nicely done oniontip. I stand corrected. Well, my original ask was for everyone to be able to verify that all 12.36 BTC that oniontip has received (as of right now) has actually

[tor-relays] Oniontip

2014-09-28 Thread Sebastian Urbach
Hi, Mike, your questions are all valid. Remember where this project is coming from. Donncha put this together at the Dublin Bitcoin Hackathon and it was designed to give back a little bit to the Relay Operators. I never expected anything in return for my relays but im glad that onintip exists

Re: [tor-relays] Oniontip

2014-09-28 Thread George Kadianakis
Thomas White thomaswh...@riseup.net writes: My concern (which has been highlighted before by Mike Perry) is that the site lacks accountability and transparency. There is no way to verify the donations actually reach the operators. -T Also, I think that oniontip is using Onionoo to get

Re: [tor-relays] Oniontip

2014-09-28 Thread Donncha O'Cearbhaill
Thanks everyone for all the feedback. I'm delighted to see OnionTip is being used and that relay operators are getting some (usually token) appreciation. Mike, I've taken on board all the feedback you gave to this list on 2nd September. I've just pushed some changes. There is now a listing of all

Re: [tor-relays] Oniontip

2014-09-28 Thread Thomas White
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Well I'm happy to see OnionTip, I think it's certainly better than the reimbursement approach which uses far too much paperwork and time etc. Having said this we need to increase adoption before people like myself step into the frame because the

Re: [tor-relays] Oniontip

2014-09-28 Thread Pascal
There are some nice statistics at https://metrics.torproject.org about node types. As of 9/24/14 the total advertized bandwidth for guards was 8.6Gbps, exits 4Gbps, and middles 2Gbps. If you want to distribute tips proportionally, based upon those numbers guards should get less than a

Re: [tor-relays] Oniontip

2014-09-28 Thread Karsten Loesing
On 28/09/14 16:00, George Kadianakis wrote: Thomas White thomaswh...@riseup.net writes: My concern (which has been highlighted before by Mike Perry) is that the site lacks accountability and transparency. There is no way to verify the donations actually reach the operators. -T Also, I

Re: [tor-relays] Oniontip

2014-09-28 Thread Thomas White
I have a server that can be used but I'd rather not personally maintain it so if somebody can manage it, I can provide the hardware connection. -T On 28/09/2014 18:24, Karsten Loesing wrote: On 28/09/14 16:00, George Kadianakis wrote: Thomas White thomaswh...@riseup.net writes: My concern

[tor-relays] Oniontip

2014-09-27 Thread justaguy
So, https://oniontip.com is a great help for tor-relay runners We do need more donations imho Whoever made it, thank you - Justaguy ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org

Re: [tor-relays] Oniontip

2014-09-27 Thread jason
Considering the operators opt in to the system via changing their contact info (by appending a bitcoin address) merely checking that the bitcoin donation go to those addresses would seem very easily verified. A site like blockchain.info allows you to track bitcoin flows from address information.

Re: [tor-relays] Oniontip

2014-09-27 Thread Ed Carter
The process is completely transparent. All Bitcoin transactions are viewable by the public on the Bitcoin blockchain. The Bitcoin addresses are posted by the relay operators themselves in their contact info on their relay. I can confirm that I receive donations made to the address I posted on

Re: [tor-relays] Oniontip

2014-09-27 Thread Thomas White
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hmmm... appears to be have been upgraded since I last checked then (which was only a few weeks ago!). Nicely done oniontip. I stand corrected. On 28/09/2014 03:28, Ed Carter wrote: The process is completely transparent. All Bitcoin transactions