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324 points BSDobelix | 1 comments | 16 Nov 24 10:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source
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A4ET8a8uTh0 ◴[16 Nov 24 16:02 UTC] No.42157028[source]▶
FAQ >> Is Yggdrasil anonymous? No, it is not a goal of the Yggdrasil project to provide anonymity.

I understand that the problem is hard, has its own set of issues to solve beyond just technical, but this honestly makes it a non-starter for me. Anything that would be an actual internet evolution would need to include actual anonymity. Apart from this, I simply do not see what problem it actually solves for the existing internet that is not already solved with the current setup.

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1. ravenstine ◴[16 Nov 24 23:55 UTC] No.42160669[source]▶
Why? I think it makes perfect sense to focus on a mesh routing protocol and make anonymity something optional that you can lay on top of it. No reason you can't run a Yggdrasil network and have an I2P network within it. This way there isn't as much of a performance hit for communications that don't call for anonymity, and anonymous peers can be established without being on the clearnet.