Hi kurono!
Long time no see, I hope you're doing well.
Sorry for the very late reply!
kurono (2024-04-22):
> As a former contributor to Tails and current contributor to the Nym
> network (https://nymtech.net/) I am looking into the possibility of
> integrating both tools.
>
> Nym provides a mixnet as an alternative to Tor for sending Internet
> traffic. Its Open Source and its supported by a cryptocurrency (nym).
>
> The aim of the project would be to add the Nym software to Tails so
> users are able to send blockchain traffic through Nym (For instance
> Bitcoin/Electrum traffic), while other usual traffic keeps flowing
> through Tor.
Before I can start thinking about this, I need to ask:
Could you please describe what are the expected benefits of this change
for Tails users?
I'm asking because "[being] able to send blockchain traffic through
Nym" is probably not a goal per-se in the life of most of our users :)
> On the other hand if Tails is not interested on integrating and
> maintaining Nym, what do you thing about the feasibility of having it as
> a Tails derivative? How expensive would be to independently maintain
> such project?
FTR sajolida already privately pointed kurono to
https://tails.net/contribute/derivatives/
Maintaining this as a derivative seems technically doable. I expect
one would need at the very least 3 full time workers to do that within
an existing org with proper operations/HR/management support. More or
less depending on how big the delta to maintain is vs. Tails, and on
where you set the bar wrt. QA, user support, doc, localization, etc.
Cheers,
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intrigeri
