What is the El Tor High Capacity Tor Network? - Bitfinex blogblog.bitfinex.com/education/what-is-the-el-tor-high-capacity-tor-network/
2223 sats \ 7 comments \ @eltordev 30 Jul builders
What is the El Tor High Capacity Tor Network?
El Tor aims to enhance the Tor network with high-bandwidth capabilities, powered by the Bitcoin Lightning Network (Bolt12 offers and blinded paths), providing greater decentralisation and security. Users can host Tor relays and earn Satoshis, with Bolt12 offers managing payments. Inspired by the need for a private internet and efficient Lightning node communication, El Tor integrates a Lightning-based payment system and relay configurations, effectively.
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61 sats \ 0 replies \ @Car 30 Jul
Great first step! Looking forward to seeing the future roadmap roll out.
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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @freetx 30 Jul
This is interesting but it needs some documentation on how to get started....ideally this should be packaged up into an Umbrel app or something....
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52 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 30 Jul
I think that's the plan. Start 9 too.
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54 sats \ 0 replies \ @itsMoro 31 Jul
100%, get that into all the server boxes asap!
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @cyberpunk02 30 Jul
a saviour for home lightning nodes and self-hosted tech
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SatsMate 31 Jul
I love to see it! Is there a website for this with a roadmap or a timeline? Exciting!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @justadog 31 Jul
Looks like great news!
Using that combined with a good VPN like Mullvad, or even anarchist projects like Bitmask or Mysterium that uses residential IPs would make you pretty much both uncensorable & invisible ;-)
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