TOR has been DDoSed for a year now making it horribly slow, but they are adding DDoS mitigation in the latest version. https://forum.torproject.net/t/alpha-release-0-4-8-1-alpha/7816
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Ya man what about ip2 tho is it just better to start off brand new?
*i2p.
Its better for a few use cases. I think the main reason that it hasn't really caught on is that people still want access to the greater web. I2P is ment to be used without outproxies to the rest of the web.