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Monero over java I2P #3689

Closed life-coder closed 6 years ago

life-coder commented 6 years ago

Since the kovri project is heavily in development I was wondering if it would be possible to allow users of java-I2P to use monero over I2P already?

After reading this https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/2ti53m/why_is_monero_aiming_to_integrate_i2p/ it appears that you aim to use SAM for communication with the router which is working in java-I2P.

So my question is, why not already implement everything needed to run monero over I2P? So people can use it over java-I2P and when kovri is stable they could switch to that implementation.

Best regards

anonimal commented 6 years ago

it appears that you aim to use SAM for communication with the router which is working in java-I2P.

Hi @life-coder. That's a very out-of-date 3 year old comment that is no longer applicable.

So my question is, why not already implement everything needed to run monero over I2P?

Ping @fluffypony. I don't feel like answering this for the Nth time. The answers should be stickied somewhere or put in a FAQ.

SamsungGalaxyPlayer commented 6 years ago

@life-coder Monero will be much better off with a light I2P router implementation. See more background here and here.

There's no reason Monero couldn't work with the Java implementation, but it's not something the community has desired to spend resources on, figuring Kovri is a much more comprehensive solution for most people.

Zcash has shown interest in taking your approach, but the related ticket hasn't seen any progress in the past year.

life-coder commented 6 years ago

@anonimal oh I see, @SamsungGalaxyPlayer thanks Found this https://github.com/monero-project/monero/issues/1178 and read the dev meeting log.

Also read that Zcash issue, like @SamsungGalaxyPlayer says, monero is probably better off with a light I2P implementation. But I dont think every I2P user that wants to run a monero node will give up java I2P, with it's web interface and plugin support. That said, I'll just wait and see and maybe contribute whatever I can. Thanks for taking time to respond