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Understanding Orchid's Multi-Hop Architecture for Better Privacy Protection
Summary
- Orchid uses the term "hop" to refer to the routing of data from its origin, through a VPN server, to its destination webpage, thereby camouflaging user activity and enhancing privacy.
- Using a VPN creates a hop by encrypting web traffic, making it difficult for ISPs and destination websites to track browsing activity.
- While VPN hops obscure browsing activity, they are not fully private or anonymous, as VPN providers may have visibility into customer data.
- Multiple hops can be used to further enhance privacy by routing traffic through multiple servers.
- Orchid allows users to include external servers in their multi-hop circuits, enabling the configuration of unlimited hops with generic OpenVPN and Wireguard configurations.
- Orchid's novel system of probabilistic nanopayments ensures that users only pay for bandwidth they use when incorporating a randomized Orchid node into their multi-hop circuits.
- Only the first and last node operators in the multi-hop circuit can see meaningful information about the web traffic, while other VPN nodes only see encrypted traffic.
- Orchid's multi-hop architecture offers users an additional layer of privacy protection while browsing the internet.
- Orchid combines multiple hops run by different entities with a properly incentivized, blockchain-based design to create a unique approach to VPN services.
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