torspec/proposals/234-remittance-addresses.txt
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Filename: 234-remittance-addresses.txt
Title: Adding remittance field to directory specification
Author: Virgil Griffith, Leif Ryge, Rob Jansen
Created: 2014-03-27
Status: Rejected
Note: Rejected. People are doing this with ContactInfo lines.
1. Motivation
We wish to add the ability for individual users to donate to the
owners of relay operators using a cryptocurrency. We propose adding
an optional line to the torrc file which will be published in the
directory consensus and listed on https://compass.torproject.org.
2. Proposal
Allow an optional "RemittanceAddresses" line to the torrc file
containing comma-delimited cryptocurrency URIs. The format is:
RemittanceAddressses <currency1>:<address>1,<currency2>:<address2>
For an example using an actual bitcoin and namecoin address, this is:
RemittanceAddressses bitcoin:19mP9FKrXqL46Si58pHdhGKow88SUPy1V8,namecoin:NAMEuWT2icj3ef8HWJwetZyZbXaZUJ5hFT
The contents of a relay's RemittanceAddresses line will be mirrored in
the relay's router descriptor (which is then published in the
directory consensus). This line will be treated akin to the
ContactInfo field. A cryptocurrency address may not contain a colon,
comma, whitespace, or other nonprintable ASCII.
Like the ContactInfo line, there is no explicit length limit for
RemittanceAddressses---the only limit is the length of the entire
descriptor. If the relay lists multiple addresses of the same
currency type (e.g., two bitcoin addresses), only the first
(left-most) one of each currency is published in the directory
consensus.