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I'm on Debian-like OS.

Directory /var/lib/tor/keys/ contains secret_id_key and secret_onion_key RSA keys.

Would my relay work the same with 5Mb/s of bandwidth if I remove these keys each reboot, simply by /etc/rc.local ?

rm /var/lib/tor/keys/*
service tor restart

Say, I will start the relay fresh each time I boot. Am I losing any bounties from network like guard, etc...?

Will my bandwidth been used in the past be the same? E.g. When rebooting everyday. Or does warming-up of a new relay required more than 7 days?

Should I clean anything else?

bastik
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The blog post »The lifecycle of a new relay« is helpful for your question:

A new relay, assuming it is reliable and has plenty of bandwidth, goes through four phases: the unmeasured phase (days 0-3) where it gets roughly no use, the remote-measurement phase (days 3-8) where load starts to increase, the ramp-up guard phase (days 8-68) where load counterintuitively drops and then rises higher, and the steady-state guard phase (days 68+).

So if you reboot every day and remove the keys on this basis your relay is a new relay after every reboot. So initially you will see a low amount of traffic. While you can do some steps to improve this, I guess this relay will not be very helpful for the network as a whole.

Furthermore there is quite a good chance that somebody notices the high rate of key rotation. I guess this will raise some questions and maybe lead to the fact that some people will distrust your relay.

Jens Kubieziel
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