On 9/27/07, Gregory Maxwell gmaxwell@gmail.com wrote:
If there existed an open proxy which was an attractive tool for abuse we wouldn't block it. No such beast exists yet, but they are possible.
For example, http://www.lunkwill.org/src/nym/Readme proposes a system which would allow us to give people tokens whenever they donate over a threshold amount to us or perhaps other participating non-profits. The token could be used to enable tor editing from a single account. This way creating vandal accounts would cost $25 (or whatever) each. Probably a reasonable enough solution, and the pseudoanomity of the user is strongly preserved.
Or just sell accounts with ipblock-exempt for $25 in e-gold.
Now that armedblowfish is rate limited perhaps he'll have some time to work on developing the software needed to make one these into reasonable options.
The nym software has already been developed and tested. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lunkwill/nym The problem isn't developing the software, it's 1) getting a developer to accept the patch, and 2) getting someone to turn it on.
The fact that you know about nym makes me surprised you didn't already know that.