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[–] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It was crypto scam wasn't it?

Edit: it was crypto scam...

That fucking sucks. Tor and crypto go hand in hand, for reasons.

The only thing I ever bought we're psychedelics, but it's pretty easy/ safe to do that over the regular web without crypto/ Tor these days. Spore traders are waaaaaaay more reliable.

[–] GigglyBobble@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I really wish we could call it tokens (or scam) and make "crypto" stand for cryptography again...

[–] computergeek125@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You have my sword!

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[–] kpw@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I don't get how they intended to make money by running a relay? What was the business plan here?

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's crypto, you can't understand it unless you already believe in it.

From the outside, blockchain looks like a spread sheet that's so difficult to edit, you have to turn it into a slot-machine to incentivize people to try. But I don't understand blockchain.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
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[–] thanevim@kbin.social -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Selling the data, presumably

[–] kpw@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

What data? Tor is designed in a way you don't have any useable data if you don't control a significant portion of the network. And even if they could control it, how much is that data worth anyways? ISPs don't get rich selling traffic data afaik. Blackmail maybe?

[–] Infiltrated_ad8271@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As I understand it, they have only been deleted from the public lists, right?

[–] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago

Right, Tor project cannot shut down a relay, but can make most of the network not use it.