I commented this in another thread, but thought that it could do with its own post.
It’s a solid list to go off of if you want to pick a few to host. The link has more info on each, as well as which ones are non-profit / for-profit
Overview
Have some space computing power and want to donate it to a good cause? How about 10+ good causes at once?
♻️ put an under-utilized system to good use
🚲 use as much or as little CPU/RAM/DISK as you want
✨ 100% more soul warming than mining
📈 geek out over your CPU/disk/bandwidth stats on the leaderboardsThis is a collection of containers that all contribute to public-good projects:
- networks: Tor, i2p
- computing: boinc, foldingathome
- archiving: archivewarrior, zimfarm, kiwix, archivebox, pywb
- storage: ipfs, storj, sia, transmission
This v1 list was started by the ArchiveBox project, but it’s open to contributions.
What’s the general thoughts on running a TOR node?
I think an exit node would probably get my (domestic) ISP asking some questions and / or my static IP getting blocklisted quickly
Relay nodes are safe, exit nodes require special care. There’s a guide of you’re interested. You basically need a dedicated server with a understanding hosting provider and you will be contacted by law enforcement sooner or later. They usually go away after they learn it’s a dead end
Except that relay nodes often get out onto proxy lists.
Which means you now get to solve capchas for absoluty f-ing everything now.
I wouldn’t run a node unless you know what you are doing.
Instead, install the snowflake browser extension