OK, fair enough. I'm no expert on Orchid. I rather lost interest, after it became clear that it was useless to me.
You're wrong about nested VPN chains, however. Depending on geographical distribution, each VPN adds 50-100 msec rtt. And bandwidth doesn't drop that much after the first VPN.
I use both nested VPN chains and Tor to mitigate the risk of Tor circuits being compromised. The lesson of CMU's "relay early" exploit for the FBI was sobering. Given that lesson, only fools use Tor without protection.
You're wrong about nested VPN chains, however. Depending on geographical distribution, each VPN adds 50-100 msec rtt. And bandwidth doesn't drop that much after the first VPN.
I use both nested VPN chains and Tor to mitigate the risk of Tor circuits being compromised. The lesson of CMU's "relay early" exploit for the FBI was sobering. Given that lesson, only fools use Tor without protection.