Putting the "Tor" back in "Torrent" with Hidden Services and Popcorn Time

This is basically exactly what I2P does automatically.<p>Each peer is also a router, so that point is covered. It already has a well documented method of transmitting torrents over the protocol, unlike Tor.<p>I2P has dedicated .maggot links too for distributing files over that network.<p>It uses garlic routing too, which makes it even more difficult to discover hidden services through network saturation.<p>So by all accounts, I2P is the better network to choose for this, it has all the resources there and a community that&#x27;s willing to help. But you decided to go down the unsupported route with Tor, a route that&#x27;s going to be very unpopular with the Tor community.

Btw, seems like Popcorn Time got removed from Github because of DMCA. Is that valid? The code wasn&#x27;t pirated, so how does that make sense?

Will this also be able to connect to non-Tor peers (via exit nodes)?<p>One of the biggest problems for any peer-to-peer technology is the chicken-and-egg problem. You need to bring together a large number of users in a short time, or else everyone abandons your product because none of the friends&#x2F;files&#x2F;etc. they want are on the network. A BitTorrent client that can only connect to Tor-enabled peers is therefore doomed from the beginning. You need to be able to connect to all the existing non-Tor peers without compromising your own anonymity, while also providing plenty of incentives for other nodes to switch to Tor (i.e. presumed immunity from the MAFIAA). Maybe after 10 years when everyone is anonymous, then you can drop this &quot;compatibility layer&quot; and go entirely dark.<p>For a similar reason, I support your decision to use Tor instead of I2P. The latter&#x27;s design might be easier to integrate into a BitTorrent client, but the former has many more users and much greater network capacity, is backed by an organization that will fight to the death to protect its integrity, and above all, just happens to be much better known.

I actually agree this would be a great way to add capacity to the Tor network if implemented in the way described.<p>I&#x27;d love to hear if anyone else has thoughts on something like this or if anyone know if something like this has been attempted before.

Have you seen what telehash.org is doing?

Neat idea, but the onion routing in Tor is quite slow. You might consider cjdns instead for better performance and scalability.<p><a href="http://cjdns.info/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;cjdns.info&#x2F;</a>

I sure wish Tor would absorb the best of I2P.