Widespread Attacks Push Tor to Proof-of-Work

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Posted by z3d in Tor (edited )

Combining Tor’s existing tools for handling DoS attacks with a Proof-of-Work (PoW) algorithm like those leveraged by cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Monero opens a unique avenue for mitigating DoS attacks without compromising privacy or severely hampering user experience.

See also: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/issues/40634
Original proposal: https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/proposals/327-pow-over-intro.txt

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horriblealtercation179 wrote

finally, let's see if it improves speed somehow. hopefully there will be benchmarks

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noptic wrote (edited )

It was inspired by the amazing mining algorithm that was developed for Monero.

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