Agreed. To many people, a chance at a substantial prize is worth more than a T-shirt. Those who run exit nodes take tangible risk and provide real value; compensating them is a good thing!
Agreed. I already have a Tor t-shirt and I'd certainly love a Tor sticker (even more so than a laptop or whatever) to put on my already "heavily stickered" work laptop but a bigger incentive might certainly convince some others to fire up a relay.
The FSF is also a "supporter" of this project so the Gluglug X60 would be very fitting as a "grand prize". I first joined both the FSF and the EFF about a decade ago and I would be quite happy to have my membership dollars going towards something like that. Hell, if EFF/FSF/Tor did a fundraiser just for something like this, I would throw in some money specifically earmarked for the purchase of these prizes.
Side note: anyone know where I can get one of those Tor stickers? :-)
I would however add a little spice to the incentive by having some kind of raffle on top of the t-shirt and sticker, just to get some more traction.
"Run a tor relay for a year, your chance to get a free free laptop!"
I understand many people would enter the raffle just for the laptop, but if they do run their TOR relay for a year to get it, what's the problem?
Of course, it might not be well perceived or even legal in some jurisdictions.
EDIT: This being the EFF, making the winning laptop a Gluglug would make so much sense it hurts. Then you could say "free free" laptop, too :) https://www.fsf.org/news/gluglug-x60-laptop-now-certified-to...
EDIT2: Typoes. Duh!