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Re: Node over I2P?
by
ABCbits
on 13/07/2025, 09:29:38 UTC
⭐ Merited by hugeblack (1)
do you think there are enough I2P peers for a reliable Bitcoin node?

I don't know whether there's any reliable data about total Bitcoin node that use I2P. https://bitnodes.io/nodes/ currently shows about 22.8K reachable node. But if you search ".i2p" on the search column, it shows 0 node (which should be incorrect).

Would using I2P affect transaction propagation or block syncing speed?

Yes, it's definitely slower than using clearnet. Just like Tor, I2P use multiple hops/nodes to perform communication. https://geti2p.net/en/about/performance explain about it in detail.