Hacktivismus on Nostr: Could be great. First concern: exit node operators would have a harder time proving ...
Could be great.
First concern: exit node operators would have a harder time proving their innocence when their exit node was used for crimes, compared to official VPN or Tor exit node operators. Therefore only running exit nodes on anonymous (paid) VPS would be doable.
Second concern: if the exit node has not many users, your traffic through it is not so well hidden as through VPN or Tor exit servers with many thousands of users. This would result in a higher ingress/egress traffic correlation risk.
Therefore onion routing or, even better, mixnet would be recommended.
Ideally all traffic packets should look the same (size) and not a unique type which can be easily filtered.
Best starting point I know would be the Nym mixnet. Add Lightning payments towards node operators. Add Nostr relays to improve bootstrapping of node discovery and use the Nostr communities to attract users. Because Nym is not known enough. Also it focuses more on small bandwidth usage like messaging. I hope for high bandwidth usage like VPNs and Tor.
First concern: exit node operators would have a harder time proving their innocence when their exit node was used for crimes, compared to official VPN or Tor exit node operators. Therefore only running exit nodes on anonymous (paid) VPS would be doable.
Second concern: if the exit node has not many users, your traffic through it is not so well hidden as through VPN or Tor exit servers with many thousands of users. This would result in a higher ingress/egress traffic correlation risk.
Therefore onion routing or, even better, mixnet would be recommended.
Ideally all traffic packets should look the same (size) and not a unique type which can be easily filtered.
Best starting point I know would be the Nym mixnet. Add Lightning payments towards node operators. Add Nostr relays to improve bootstrapping of node discovery and use the Nostr communities to attract users. Because Nym is not known enough. Also it focuses more on small bandwidth usage like messaging. I hope for high bandwidth usage like VPNs and Tor.