That depends entirely on how much people donate. At the bottom of their front page it currently states that 335.26 mBTC have been donated so far. Ie, a third of a bitcoin. It's impossible to predict how much might be donated in future. On the other hand. It costs you nothing to stick a bitcoin address in a config file to find out. Mike * on the Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 05:23:27PM -0700, IceFish wrote: > How much does it actually pay out? Like is it worth it? I run a fairly slow small node > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Aug 13, 2014, at 17:05, Mike Patton <m_patton@xxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > >> On 14 Aug 2014 08:34, Ed Carter <ecarter9@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >>> Tim Semeijn schreef op 10/08/14 17:33: > >>>>> On 8/10/14, 4:32 PM, ban@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > >>>>> Hi, > >>>>> > >>>>> apparently this hasn't been discussed here yet. About a month ago, > >>>>> Donncha O'Cearbhaill build https://oniontip.com/ during the Dublin > >>>>> Bitcoin Hackathon. It is a webapp which automatically extracts all > >>>>> Bitcoin addresses set in the ContactInfo variable of the torrc and > >>>>> distributes Bitcoin donations based on the consensus weight. > >>>>> > >>>>> There are already 100+ relays listed which represent around 5% of > >>>>> the total consensus weight. In just a few weeks they distributed > >>>>> around 125 US$. > >>>>> > >>>>> There are many other theoretical ways to provide compensation to > >>>>> tor relay operators (see > >>>>> https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-incentives-research-roundup-goldstar-par-braids-lira-tears-and-torcoin) > >>>> but I really like this very simple and practical approach. > >>>>> > >>>>> Thoughts? _______________________________________________ > >>>>> tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>>> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays > >>>> > >>>> I myself added a bitcoin address to the ContactInfo variable of my > >>>> nodes when I saw a tweet about this initiative. It is a nice way to > >>>> offer a way to donate to multiple node running volunteers instead of > >>>> donating to a specific person or organization. > >>>> > >>>> My nodes take up 20% of the current donations based on consensus so it > >>>> would be nice if more relay operators take part in this project to > >>>> make it resemble the current Tor network better. > >>> > >>> I really like this and I've added an address to my exits (4.2% of total > >>> exit consensus). However, for this to really kick off I'd recommend > >>> adding visibility on how many donations were received and how it was > >>> distributed across relays. There should be safeguards to prevent > >>> oniontip.com from taking a part of the money, etc. > >>> > >>> Tom > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> tor-relays mailing list > >>> tor-relays@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays > >> > >> Agreed, this is pretty awesome. It allows independent relay operators to > >> receive donations no matter where they are in the world whether or not > >> they are affiliated with any group. > >> > >> The donations are transparent, since the money can be followed on the > >> Bitcoin blockchain to ensure that your donation made it to the individual > >> addresses of the relay operators. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> tor-relays mailing list > >> tor-relays@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays > > > > I like it! I've already made AUD $0.05!!! ;) > > > > M. > > _______________________________________________ > > tor-relays mailing list > > tor-relays@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays > _______________________________________________ > tor-relays mailing list > tor-relays@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays -- Mike Cardwell https://grepular.com https://emailprivacytester.com OpenPGP Key 35BC AF1D 3AA2 1F84 3DC3 B0CF 70A5 F512 0018 461F XMPP OTR Key 8924 B06A 7917 AAF3 DBB1 BF1B 295C 3C78 3EF1 46B4
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