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Great to see the project still going strong, we need this type of tools more than ever.

Same. The world would feel quite dystopian without Tor, Signal and other similar software aiming to preserve your privacy. I rarely use Tor but I'm soooo happy it exists.

Just started wondering: If Tor disappeared off the face of the earth right now, what would be the replacement?

1. Would it be an existing alternative that would become dominant in the space?

2. Would an identical software/network be built?

3. Would something new (and better) be built to replace it (and how would that look like)?

If TOR went away tomorrow, I assume i2p would pick up the slack; it's already there and AFAIK a good alternative, just with a smaller network and less emphasis on exit nodes.

Network isn't even necessarily smaller. Since it has a lesser emphasis on exit nodes, each node is a relay and there are more of them than Tor relay nodes.

I don't know about the low level / security details. But the Tor team constantly pushed good upgrades for a long time. Seriously impressive. Works great and is slick on pc and mobile.

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