Author: Wladimir 2014-05-08 07:45:02
Published on: 2014-05-08T07:45:02+00:00
In an email conversation dated May 8, 2014, Gregory Maxwell explained the workings of the Tor network. The network operates on a centralized but theoretically federated trusted directory service, which is responsible for much of the data that is not related to relay. Semi-trusted bandwidth authorities generate data by measuring node performance back to the directory authorities, similar to how Bitcoin DNS seeds work. However, this process is more extensive and involves third-party testing on nodes.
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