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Autor: Neill Miller
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Yes, this would be useful!

Please see this issue for some related discussion:

https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-server/issues/86

-Neill.

On Sat, Jun 04, 2016 at 12:38:05PM +0000, Police Terror wrote:
> I know the SOCKS5 protocol and how to implement it in C++. The standard
> is fairly easy and there's also a reference implementation in Bitcoin-Core.
>
> Would this be a useful thing for me to implement and submit to
> libbitcoin-network? Basically does the SOCKS5 handshake so the connect
> is initiated and ready to work over Tor.
>
> The usecase for having a server running over Tor is 2-fold:
>
> 1. You don't want a passive observer to know you are running/developing
> Bitcoin applications for safety reasons.
>
> 2. Reduces the ability of targeted attacks on servers. Sybil attack .etc
>
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