Feedback from Tor user about bitcointalk.org and freenode #bitcoin*
I want to give some feedback about bitcointalk.org forums and the Freenode bitcoin IRC channels from perspective of an anonymous Tor user.
Bitcointalk.org registration checks are bad. It checks everything, it wasn't happy with some of my information supplied. Name already taken, captcha wrong... All infos were finally accepted then it tells Tor users not allowed to register. That feels like a very bad joke. Why not tell upfront that registration over Tor is impossible? That should be the first check.
I couldn't register over Tor.
The shared bugmenot forum account has been banned as well.
Joining the IRC bitcoin community is also hard for Tor users. Freenode provides a hidden service but also requires to authenticate over SASL. Ironically you can not create a Freenode account over Tor. I mailed them, they know the issue and plan a web service to register Freenode accounts. I need to find a proxy which I can chain which isn't banned on Freenode just to register, that's difficult to find. Must be a proxy on a non-standard port and not be in any proxy blacklist lists, very difficult to find.
Bitcointalk.org registration checks are bad. It checks everything, it wasn't happy with some of my information supplied. Name already taken, captcha wrong... All infos were finally accepted then it tells Tor users not allowed to register. That feels like a very bad joke. Why not tell upfront that registration over Tor is impossible? That should be the first check.
I couldn't register over Tor.
The shared bugmenot forum account has been banned as well.
Joining the IRC bitcoin community is also hard for Tor users. Freenode provides a hidden service but also requires to authenticate over SASL. Ironically you can not create a Freenode account over Tor. I mailed them, they know the issue and plan a web service to register Freenode accounts. I need to find a proxy which I can chain which isn't banned on Freenode just to register, that's difficult to find. Must be a proxy on a non-standard port and not be in any proxy blacklist lists, very difficult to find.