For individuals that run a Tor relay from their home network, I would
recommend running a Bridge (OBFS, Snowflake, or HTTP) to avoid these very
issues.
On Saturday, October 25, 2025 at 01:45:24 PM MDT, John Thompson via
tor-relays <[email protected]> wrote:
On 10/13/25 17:54, Brian Henderson via tor-relays wrote:
> Hi, first time using this group so I hope I am not braking any rules.
>
> I wanted to ask others if they have noticed themselves getting blocked
> from certain sites (such as banks) because they are running a tor relay?
> I have checked my ip on various lists and it seems two rarely used lists
> have a ban on a group of numbers from my isp, but not my number
> specifically. I have been using my bank for years from this connection,
> now i seem to be blocked and it coincides with starting to run a tor and
> i2p relays. I have tried to access the site from different software but
> it just hangs. The bank claim they are not blocking me. Anyone else had
> this type of problem?
Yes, I've seen it. The bank is probably being truthful when they say
that "they" are not blocking you; rather, they likely subscribe to a 3rd
party blocklist that includes tor relays.You can try complaining to the
blocklist maintainer, but I've found it to be more expeditious to just
use a VPN when accessing those sites.
--
-John Thompson ([email protected])
 Appleton WI USA
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