Would it not also incentivize acronym agencies to own exit nodes?
This is a good point.
The smaller the pool of participants the easier it will be to gain a portion of that pool to potentially compromise DarkTor.
One can assume that there will be a portion of Masternode operators who will not want to operate Tor nodes at all.
Lets assume the rest will. There will be a portion within this group that doesn't want to operate exit nodes.
So essentially a spy agency could purchase just enough to compromise the DarkTor network without having to even come close to the power necessary to compromise the Masternode network.
This is a valid concern and something that needs to be considered.
To run a Tor node they wouldn't have to even purchase anything. Do you all agree "DarkTor" would still be better than standard Tor in that regard?
Btw, how are legit companies like F-Secure able to run VPN services (
http://freedome.f-secure.com/en/home.html), why don't SWAT raid their offices?
maybe we should avoid calling it DarkTor.. maybe we should call it DarkFreedom