We’ve just released a big update for Earendil: v0.5!
On top of major performance and stability improvements, the main new feature here is that we now have an alpha-quality payment system!
This means that you can now:
- Accept payments on your relay
- Pay other relays for using their resources, either with proof of work, or with on-chain Mel payments.
Most excitingly, we are integrating with Geph, a privacy-first, censorship-resistant VPN, so that get Geph rewards for testing Earendil’s payment system!
Setting up your Earendil config
We’ve set up an Earendil relay that accepts both on-chain payments and proof-of-work; if you send traffic through this relay and pay for it, you will receive free Geph Plus days as rewards.
To participate in the incentive program, you need to set up Earendil to connect to this relay. Here’s a config file that lets you do that:
out_routes:
example-relay-paid:
connect: 62.210.93.59:19999
fingerprint: 14154070117b3c1a71fa2fc6bc7d20e5afc93fbe98a13b86b013d0a91215f74f
obfs:
sosistab3: correct-horse-battery-pink-staple-pasta-apple
price_config:
inbound_debt_limit: 0.0
inbound_price: 0.0 # do not set a price > 0; our example payments server will not pay you!
outbound_max_price: 1
outbound_min_debt_limit: 0.0
# don't forget to specify payment_methods you support
payment_methods:
- pow
If you’re using the Earendil GUI, then paste this into the “Settings tab”:
Using Earendil and receiving rewards
By default, Earendil listens on SOCKS5 port 30003. The easiest way of using Earendil will be to configure your browser to use localhost:30003 as a SOCKS5 proxy. Here’s an example on Firefox:
As you pass traffic through your Earendil instance, you will automatically pay our testing relay by doing proof-of-work computations (you may notice your CPU usage increasing!).
Eventually, you’ll receive Geph giftcard codes through the Chat tab:
Applying rewards to your Geph account
Note: you need to already have a Geph account, which you can create after downloading the Geph app
These Geph giftcard codes allow you to get days of Geph Plus. To redeem them, go to the Geph user portal and click on Redeem giftcard and enter your giftcard ID:
