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    1 year ago

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

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      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.

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        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?