btw any of you i2p nerds have a mixed setup with clearnet torrenting + i2p?
how did you set it up and how do you like it?
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I use I2P every day for downloading torrents. In some ways, it's even better than Tor. I use them together. Tor for accessing onion services and as a VPN and I2P to download torrents. Granted, I use I2PD.
It's technology like this that I think will become more and more important as governments seek to restrict access to large parts of the internet. UK and Australia are forging ahead in censorship, and the EU is well on their way. The US already does some censorship, as do large parts of Asia and Russia.
No matter the reason given, it's always about control. So less easily censored technologies will be very useful for anyone that wants the ability to research truth, or at least, alternate points of view.
It's really not, until it is. I personally see it as a fallback infrastructure for redundency if Tor, VPNs, Bittorrent, etc. go dark. But other than that, no, it doesn't really serve much of a purpose rn.