On 2014-08-14 23:46, Tim wrote:

Also not being a lawyer, if BTC isn't legal tender in your country (if such a concept exists), are you really accepting "money"?

I guess a more precise description would involve the words "monetary value". But again, I'm not a lawyer, that's why I asked.

Using the Tor Project's Bitcoin address is a cool idea, but I can't find one on the official project page.

Torservers.net has one here: https://www.torservers.net/donate.html

Best regards, Alexander

On 14 Aug 2014, at 22:00, Alexander wrote:

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On 2014-08-14 10:25, Mike Cardwell wrote:

On the other hand. It costs you nothing to stick a bitcoin address in a config file to find out.

Not being a lawyer, does accepting money for running a Tor relay make it a commercial operation (in some countries) and put you in a different legal position?

Best regards, Alexander

Also not being a lawyer, if BTC isn't legal tender in your country (if such a concept exists), are you really accepting "money"?

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Impossible to know how laws of a given country would apply. In my opinion Bitcoin is "money" in this context, since I can take those donations received and use them to pay for my server hosting costs. My VPS provider takes Bitcoins, so it's money for me in practical terms.

What I find interesting about Oniontip is that in theory, an activist could set up a Tor relay, paying for his hosting with bitcoins he mined anonymously. He could then post a donation address. The Tor relay can then receive donations from benefactors the world over. The relay operator can then use the donated bitcoins to continue to pay for his hosting without revealing his identity.