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Bitmessage
Jun 9, 2023, 9:41:40 PM6/9/23
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The Bitmessage anonymous network would benefit from more hidden onion
peers that accept incoming onion connections.
https://bitmessage.org
Development on Bitmessage has halted, but it has not been abandoned.
Re-organization of resources and developers is going on behind the
scenes to improve the development infrastructure before continuing with
main development. Now is a very good time to get many more peers online
to improve the availability and resilience of the Bitmessage network.
Please consider setting up one or more hidden onion peers on your VPS
or home servers. PyBitmessage running in daemon mode does not use a lot
of resources so all VPS ops should already have room for a peer.
PyBitmessage will run fine even on a 512MB Linux VPS which you can get
for about $10-15 per year.
Get a dirt cheap VPS:
https://lowendbox.com/
You can use pre-paid anonymous credit cards to pay for VPS services so
your own anonymity is maintained.
It is also simple to run a PyBitmessage daemon inside a security jail.
If you are unsure of how to do this please ask in alt.anonymous or
alt.cypherpunks with your specific system specs and requirements.
It is very easy to script the jail requirements on Debian. If doing a
fresh setup choose Debian for less headaches to get up and running.
If you have multiple servers please run multiple peers. Every bit helps
improve the redundancy and anonymity of the network.
https://bitmessage.org
If you are using Windows you can run a Bitmessage app locally
configured with a hidden service over Tor and accept incoming
connections to route for the network. Even if you don't have a VPS this
helps just the same as running Bitmessage on a server.
Some mixmaster users are just 'clients' and have never run a server or
VPS. You don't know what you are missing! Nowadays it is extremely easy
to set up a Debian or Ubuntu VPS. Most good providers now are so easy to
use that a few mouse clicks is all it takes. You do not need to be a
system administration expert to run something as simple as
PyBitmessage. Bitmessage is far easier to configure than a mixmaster or
NNTP server or a BBS. I found it easier to use Bitmessage than using
the old Quicksilver Mixmaster client.
If you do establish a onion Bitmessage peer please eventually announce
it here on Usenet, but DO NOT announce which hidden onion address is
yours. That would link it to your Usenet traffic, which you don't want.
Just a friendly blurb like, 'now running a Bitmessage onion service' is
enough notice. Perhaps do a one-time nymshift for the announcement as
well just for privacy sake.
peers that accept incoming onion connections.
https://bitmessage.org
Development on Bitmessage has halted, but it has not been abandoned.
Re-organization of resources and developers is going on behind the
scenes to improve the development infrastructure before continuing with
main development. Now is a very good time to get many more peers online
to improve the availability and resilience of the Bitmessage network.
Please consider setting up one or more hidden onion peers on your VPS
or home servers. PyBitmessage running in daemon mode does not use a lot
of resources so all VPS ops should already have room for a peer.
PyBitmessage will run fine even on a 512MB Linux VPS which you can get
for about $10-15 per year.
Get a dirt cheap VPS:
https://lowendbox.com/
You can use pre-paid anonymous credit cards to pay for VPS services so
your own anonymity is maintained.
It is also simple to run a PyBitmessage daemon inside a security jail.
If you are unsure of how to do this please ask in alt.anonymous or
alt.cypherpunks with your specific system specs and requirements.
It is very easy to script the jail requirements on Debian. If doing a
fresh setup choose Debian for less headaches to get up and running.
If you have multiple servers please run multiple peers. Every bit helps
improve the redundancy and anonymity of the network.
https://bitmessage.org
If you are using Windows you can run a Bitmessage app locally
configured with a hidden service over Tor and accept incoming
connections to route for the network. Even if you don't have a VPS this
helps just the same as running Bitmessage on a server.
Some mixmaster users are just 'clients' and have never run a server or
VPS. You don't know what you are missing! Nowadays it is extremely easy
to set up a Debian or Ubuntu VPS. Most good providers now are so easy to
use that a few mouse clicks is all it takes. You do not need to be a
system administration expert to run something as simple as
PyBitmessage. Bitmessage is far easier to configure than a mixmaster or
NNTP server or a BBS. I found it easier to use Bitmessage than using
the old Quicksilver Mixmaster client.
If you do establish a onion Bitmessage peer please eventually announce
it here on Usenet, but DO NOT announce which hidden onion address is
yours. That would link it to your Usenet traffic, which you don't want.
Just a friendly blurb like, 'now running a Bitmessage onion service' is
enough notice. Perhaps do a one-time nymshift for the announcement as
well just for privacy sake.
Anonymous
Jan 4, 2024, 5:11:03 PMJan 4
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On Fri, 9 Jun 2023 20:44:32 -0500
Bitmessage <b...@message.peers> wrote:
> The Bitmessage anonymous network would benefit from more hidden onion
> peers that accept incoming onion connections.
<snip>
Bitmessage <b...@message.peers> wrote:
> The Bitmessage anonymous network would benefit from more hidden onion
> peers that accept incoming onion connections.
(+1) one new hidden onion peer established today
(++) will add more peers after testing
P.S. Followup-To: alt.anonymous
Anonymous
Jan 4, 2024, 5:42:13 PMJan 4
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Stefan Claas
Jan 5, 2024, 12:44:38 PMJan 5
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Anonymous wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Jun 2023 20:44:32 -0500
> Bitmessage <b...@message.peers> wrote:
>
> > The Bitmessage anonymous network would benefit from more hidden
> > onion peers that accept incoming onion connections.
>
> <snip>
>
> (+1) one new hidden onion peer established today
>
> (++) will add more peers after testing
Would you please be so kind and post the .onion addresses,
> On Fri, 9 Jun 2023 20:44:32 -0500
> Bitmessage <b...@message.peers> wrote:
>
> > The Bitmessage anonymous network would benefit from more hidden
> > onion peers that accept incoming onion connections.
>
> <snip>
>
> (+1) one new hidden onion peer established today
>
> (++) will add more peers after testing
so that we can add a trusted peer in the BM client config.
Regards
Stefan
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Anonymous
Jan 6, 2024, 9:02:17 AMJan 6
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On Fri, 5 Jan 2024 18:44:34 +0100
Stefan Claas <ste...@mailchuck.com> wrote:
> Anonymous wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 9 Jun 2023 20:44:32 -0500
> > Bitmessage <b...@message.peers> wrote:
> >
> > > The Bitmessage anonymous network would benefit from more hidden
> > > onion peers that accept incoming onion connections.
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > (+1) one new hidden onion peer established today
> >
> > (++) will add more peers after testing
>
> Would you please be so kind and post the .onion addresses,
> so that we can add a trusted peer in the BM client config.
>
> Regards
> Stefan
The original top post of this thread says this:
Stefan Claas <ste...@mailchuck.com> wrote:
> Anonymous wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 9 Jun 2023 20:44:32 -0500
> > Bitmessage <b...@message.peers> wrote:
> >
> > > The Bitmessage anonymous network would benefit from more hidden
> > > onion peers that accept incoming onion connections.
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > (+1) one new hidden onion peer established today
> >
> > (++) will add more peers after testing
>
> Would you please be so kind and post the .onion addresses,
> so that we can add a trusted peer in the BM client config.
>
> Regards
> Stefan
> If you do establish a onion Bitmessage peer please eventually
> announce it here on Usenet, but DO NOT announce which hidden onion
> address is yours. That would link it to your Usenet traffic, which
> you don't want. Just a friendly blurb like, 'now running a Bitmessage
> onion service' is enough notice. Perhaps do a one-time nymshift for
> the announcement as well just for privacy sake.
Your Bitmessage client will eventually get all available hidden peer
addresses from the network. These can be found in the knownnodes.dat
file in the PyBitmessage configuration folder.
If you want to use trustedpeer setting you should run your own hidden
peer on a server that you control. Then you can set your local client
to use your own trustedpeer.
When running a remote trusted peer it is advisable to not create any
chan or address keys on that trusted peer. This will ensure that no
messages containing a potentially exploitative payload can be decrypted
on that peer. For maximum security your trusted peer should only relay
encrypted objects and do nothing else.
Bitmessage run this way in daemon mode uses very little memory and CPU.
If you have a server or VPS you should have plenty of power to run a
hidden relay peer.
The more hidden peers that users add to the network the more secure
and anonymous the network grows. More importantly it grows more
resistant to censorship.
Stefan Claas
Jan 6, 2024, 10:26:13 AMJan 6
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Anonymous wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Jan 2024 18:44:34 +0100
> Stefan Claas <ste...@mailchuck.com> wrote:
> > Would you please be so kind and post the .onion addresses,
> > so that we can add a trusted peer in the BM client config.
> On Fri, 5 Jan 2024 18:44:34 +0100
> Stefan Claas <ste...@mailchuck.com> wrote:
> > Would you please be so kind and post the .onion addresses,
> > so that we can add a trusted peer in the BM client config.
> The original top post of this thread says this:
>
> > If you do establish a onion Bitmessage peer please eventually
> > announce it here on Usenet, but DO NOT announce which hidden onion
> > address is yours. That would link it to your Usenet traffic, which
> > you don't want. Just a friendly blurb like, 'now running a
> > Bitmessage onion service' is enough notice. Perhaps do a one-time
> > nymshift for the announcement as well just for privacy sake.
>
> So evidently posting the onion address may lessen privacy.
Ok, understand.
>
> > If you do establish a onion Bitmessage peer please eventually
> > announce it here on Usenet, but DO NOT announce which hidden onion
> > address is yours. That would link it to your Usenet traffic, which
> > you don't want. Just a friendly blurb like, 'now running a
> > Bitmessage onion service' is enough notice. Perhaps do a one-time
> > nymshift for the announcement as well just for privacy sake.
>
> So evidently posting the onion address may lessen privacy.
Regards
Stefan
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Anon
Jan 12, 2024, 5:40:48 AMJan 12
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On Thu, 4 Jan 2024 16:43:53 -0600
Now running 2 new bitmessage onion services. Enjoy.
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