Certainly more useful than using Tor would be to use zero knowledge proofs (zerocoin) in your coin.
"help the TOR network by keeping up the nodes" That would require the nodes to be stable (run for multiple days without stop) relay nodes that contribute bandwith. This is not what a typical Tor client does and probably not something for desktop computers.
To integrate Tor without it being a relay you can run a Tor client and configure your coin client to use a socks proxy 127.0.0.1:9050
But really if you want a more anonymous coin you should go zerocoin style.
Good luck.
On 21/03/14 11:59, kalgecin wrote:
Hey guys, I'm looking into integrating TOR network into CACHeCoin. The idea is, by default, the coin should connect through the tor network, with the option of disabling it and connecting normally. This will help boost some anonymity within the coin and help the TOR network by keeping up the nodes :-) The idea is, if the person activated connection through tor (which is already by default) he'll be able to receive stake. If he disables, No stake will be generated. Unfortunately i don't have much free time to dig into the tor code, but will be happy to receive the pull request on github https://github.com/kalgecin/CACHeCoin/ Please let me know what you think
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