Hiya, (lol)
I know there have been DNM eepsites in the past, but it seems like everyone still defaults to Tor, which of course is under even more scrutiny than usual right now.
I2P was designed with hidden services in mind, and it seems very underutilized in the one place it would be most potentially useful.
Is the issue that Tor was designed by the US Navy and has simply undergone the most review and consequently has more trust, or is there a solid technical reason markets are not using it?
Me personally, I love I2P, and use it often. I think it's a wonderful project and community, and I also think that its design is better suited (and quite possibly more secure) for DNMs than Tor. The big obstacle with it is the lack of an easy-to-use browser bundle like Tor has, and the fact that it takes a while to integrate into the network after starting, and further benefits from longer uptime (ideally a couple days or more, continuously). Also that it's more configurable, and people get confused by configuration.
But yeah, if you wanna talk about it, I'm totally down. I love I2P, I wish more people here felt the same way.