Re: [tor-talk] large increase in .onion domains

[CANNON NATHANIEL CIOTA <cannon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2016-02-19 01:40, Jeremy Rand wrote:
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> On 02/19/2016 01:37 AM, CANNON NATHANIEL CIOTA wrote:
> > > On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 12:15 PM, Nathaniel Suchy
> > > <admin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Could new people be using Onionchat/Torchat I can't remember
> > > > the name. But new addresses are generated for each client. On
> > > > Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 11:49 AM Alexandre Guillioud <
> > > > guillioud.alexandre@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Not correlated (i'm too small in that pool), but i have workd
> > > > > on
> > > > software
> > > > > to maintain a HS pool. During dev, and at one point, i was
> > > > > emitting thousands of registration a day.
> > > > >
> > > > > 2016-02-18 16:51 GMT+01:00 Roger Dingledine <arma@xxxxxxx>:
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 05:45:26AM -0500, Scfith Rise up
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > Here is the exact link:
> > > > > > https://metrics.torproject.org/hidserv-dir-onions-seen.html
> > > >
> > > > > >
> > > >
> > > > > > > it jumped from 40000 to 60000 in the past day or two.
> >
> > That chat program you are referring to would be ricochet IM
>
> Well, there was something called TorChat which fits that description,
> but TorChat hasn't gotten any security updates or maintenance in
> years, so Ricochet is pretty clearly preferable.
>
> Cheers,
> - -Jeremy Rand
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I also know latest version of Bitcoin Core has capability of 
automatically creating .onion host, maybe the testing of that could have 
been result in spike as well? Though I am leaning more towards botnet or 
malware being the likely reason behind jump in hidden services.

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