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AFAICT they're both multi-protocol (or even protocol-agnostic) onion routers. Tor on the other hand can only transport TCP.
And while Lokinet has a stronger focus on exit nodes, I doubt there's no way to host exit nodes on Veilid either.
So from what I can tell they look to be very very similiar. Maybe they differentiate on which cryptographic primitives they use, but otherwise the same concept (except for the node hosting incentive approach).
Maybe I'm entirely mistaken though. It's hard to find technical data about Veilid.
Regarding exit nodes, I have heard that Veilid does not distinguish normal nodes from exit nodes, meaning any node can be an exit node. However, I did not see this in their presentation, and the system seems to be more focused on peer-to-peer communication within the network than private accessing of outside web sources.
Regarding exit nodes, I have heard that Veilid does not distinguish normal nodes from exit nodes, meaning any node can be an exit node. However, I did not see this in their presentation, and the system seems to be more focused on peer-to-peer communication within the network than private accessing of outside web sources.