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try to make it clearer that eigentrust is one way to do the
"deputy tester" design, but there are simpler ways too.


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Roger Dingledine 19 years ago
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    The option above has the directory servers doing all of the
    The option above has the directory servers doing all of the
    measurements. This doesn't scale. We can set it up so we have "deputy
    measurements. This doesn't scale. We can set it up so we have "deputy
    testers" -- trusted other nodes that do performance testing and report
    testers" -- trusted other nodes that do performance testing and report
-   their results. If we want to be really adventurous, we could even
+   their results.
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+   If we want to be really adventurous, we could even
    accept claims from every Tor user and build a complex weighting /
    accept claims from every Tor user and build a complex weighting /
    reputation system to decide which claims are "probably" right.
    reputation system to decide which claims are "probably" right.
-
    One possible way to implement the latter is something similar to
    One possible way to implement the latter is something similar to
    EigenTrust [http://www.stanford.edu/~sdkamvar/papers/eigentrust.pdf],
    EigenTrust [http://www.stanford.edu/~sdkamvar/papers/eigentrust.pdf],
    where the opinion of nodes with high reputation more is weighted
    where the opinion of nodes with high reputation more is weighted